Some facts about Ogooué-Ivindo
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.
- 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
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Info about Ogooué-Ivindo
- Belongs to: Gabon
- Population: 67,326
- Latitude: 0.66667
- Longitude: 12.83333