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Zadié Department

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Country
  
Gabon

Local time
  
Sunday 2:47 PM

Province
  
Ogooué-Ivindo Province

Time zone
  
GMT +1 (UTC+1)

Population
  
15,204 (2003)

Zadié Department

Weather
  
29°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 78% Humidity

Zadié is a department of Ogooué-Ivindo Province in northern-eastern Gabon. The capital lies at Mékambo. As of 2003 the department had a population of 15,203 people. The department has a population of Bakoya pygmies, settled here since about 1933 along the main roads from Mékambo to Mazingo and Mékambo to Ekata on the Congolese border. The area received international press for outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in 1994 and 1997.

Contents

Map of Zadie, Gabon

Administrative divisions

The department contains the following administrative divisions. The population as of the 2003 census is given:

  • Commune de Mékambo (4,971)
  • Canton Bengoué (1,050)
  • Canton Djouah (3,379)
  • Canton Loué (3,769)
  • Canton Sassamongo (2,035)
  • References

    Zadié Department Wikipedia