The Ogooué-Lolo
Province
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is one of the nine
provinces of Gabon
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, slightly southeast of central
Gabon
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. The regional capital is
Koulamoutou, a city of approximately 16,000 people. It is the ninth largest city in Gabon and the home of slightly more than one-third of the provincial population.
* Area: 25,380 km²
* 2-letter abbreviation/HASC: GA-OL
*
ISO 3166-2
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: GA-07
* Population (''2013''): 65,771
Its length runs from the 3 S to 2 N and from 10 E to 11 E.
To the south, Ogooué-Lolo borders the
Niari Region of the
Republic of the Congo
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. Domestically, it borders the following provinces:
*
Ngounié – west-southwest
*
Moyen-Ogooué – northwest, at a
quadripoint
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*
Ogooué-Ivindo – north and northwest
*
Haut-Ogooué – east
Departments
Ogooué-Lolo is divided into 4 departments:
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Lolo-Bouenguidi Department (
Koulamoutou)
*
Lombo-Bouenguidi Department (
Pana)
*
Mouloundou Department (
Lastoursville)
*
Offoué-Onoye Department (
Iboundji)
Historical population
The population from 1981 to 1991 lost slightly more than one tenth of the total 1981 population. The population loss was slower than other provinces in Gabon.
Places
References
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Provinces of Gabon