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Ogooué Ivindo Province

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Country
  
Gabon

Capital
  
Makokou

Area
  
46,075 km²

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The Ogooué-Ivindo province is the northeastern-most of the nine provinces of Gabon. The regional capital is Makokou, which is home to one-third of the provincial population. It gets its name from two rivers, the Ogooué and the Ivindo. This province is the largest, least populated, and least developed of the nine.

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Map of Ogoou%C3%A9-Ivindo, Gabon

  • Area: 46,075 km²
  • Two-letter abbreviation/HASC: GB-OI
  • ISO 3166-2: GB-06
  • Population (2013): 63,293
  • The southern part of the province is crossed by the Equator. Its length runs from 11 E to 14 E and the width 0.35 S to 1 N.

    To the northeast and east, Ogooué-Ivindo borders the Sangha and Cuvette-Ouest departments of the Republic of the Congo. Domestically, it borders the following provinces:

  • Haut-Ogooué - southeast
  • Ogooué-Lolo - south
  • Ngounié - southwest, at a quadripoint
  • Moyen-Ogooué - west
  • Woleu-Ntem - north
  • Departments

    Ogooué-Ivindo is divided into 4 departments:

  • Ivindo Department (Makokou)
  • Lope Department (Booue)
  • Mvoung Department (Ovan)
  • Zadie Department (Mekambo)
  • Historical population

    The population from 1981 to 1991 lost one-fifth of the total 1981 population and the density was heading to below 1/km².

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  • ¹ - the second name is not related with the origin of the name Chicago in Illinois.
  • References

    Ogooué-Ivindo Province Wikipedia