Ogooué-Maritime Province (Province de l’Ogooué-Maritime)
Ogooué-Maritime is the westernmost of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 22,890 km2. 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 to the northwest and the South Atlantic Ocean to the southwest. It is the only coastal province without a foreign border. On land, it borders the following provinces:
* Estuaire – north
* Moyen-Ogooué – northeast
* Ngounié – east
* Nyanga – southeast
Ogooué-Maritime is divided into 3 departments:
* Bendje Department (Port-Gentil)
* Etimboue Department (Omboue)
* Ndougou Department (Gamba)
The shores of Ogooué-Maritime are of the Gulf of Guinea to the northwest and the South Atlantic Ocean to the southwest. It is the only coastal province without a foreign border. On land, it borders the following provinces:
* Estuaire – north
* Moyen-Ogooué – northeast
* Ngounié – east
* Nyanga – southeast
Ogooué-Maritime is divided into 3 departments:
* Bendje Department (Port-Gentil)
* Etimboue Department (Omboue)
* Ndougou Department (Gamba)
Map - Ogooué-Maritime Province (Province de l’Ogooué-Maritime)
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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 |
ISO | Language |
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FR | French language |