Fougamou
Fougamou is a small town in Ngounié Province in Gabon. It has a population of about 4,100 and is the capital of Tsamba-Magotsi Department. It lies along the west bank of the Ngounié River on the N1 road between Lambaréné and Mouila.
The town has a mission house, market, hotels, restaurants, pharmacy and shops. There is an airport and shared taxis pass through regularly. There are waterfalls nearby, known as the Samba Falls or Impératrice Falls. To the east are the Chaillu Mountains and Waka National Park. A short distance north is the village of Sandara which has an abandoned mission and rapids on the river.
* Warne, Sophie (2003) Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe: the Bradt Travel Guide, Bradt. ISBN 1-84162-073-4
* Fougamou, Gabon-Business.
The town has a mission house, market, hotels, restaurants, pharmacy and shops. There is an airport and shared taxis pass through regularly. There are waterfalls nearby, known as the Samba Falls or Impératrice Falls. To the east are the Chaillu Mountains and Waka National Park. A short distance north is the village of Sandara which has an abandoned mission and rapids on the river.
* Warne, Sophie (2003) Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe: the Bradt Travel Guide, Bradt. ISBN 1-84162-073-4
* Fougamou, Gabon-Business.
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Country - Gabon
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Since its independence from France in 1960, the sovereign state of Gabon has had three presidents. In the 1990s, it introduced a multi-party system and a democratic constitution that aimed for a more transparent electoral process and reformed some governmental institutions. Despite this, the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) remains the dominant party. With petroleum and foreign private investment, it has the fourth highest HDI in the region (after Mauritius, Seychelles and South Africa) and the fifth highest GDP per capita (PPP) in all of Africa (after Seychelles, Mauritius, Equatorial Guinea and Botswana). Its GDP grew by more than 6% per year from 2010 to 2012.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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XAF | Central African CFA franc | Fr | 0 |
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FR | French language |