Ogooué-Maritime is the westernmost of
Gabon
Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...
's nine
provinces
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. It covers an area of 22,890 km. The provincial capital is
Port-Gentil. It has a 2013 census population of 157,562.
The shores of Ogooué-Maritime are of the
Gulf of Guinea
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to the northwest and the South
Atlantic Ocean
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to the southwest. It is the only coastal province without a foreign border. On land, it borders the following provinces:
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Estuaire – north
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Moyen-Ogooué – northeast
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Ngounié – east
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Nyanga – southeast
Departments
Ogooué-Maritime is divided into 3 departments:
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Bendje Department (
Port-Gentil)
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Etimboue Department (
Omboue)
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Ndougou Department (
Gamba)
Economy
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Rabi Kounga oil field
References
Provinces of Gabon
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