Estuaire Province (Estuaire)
Estuaire is the most populous of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 20,740 km2. The provincial capital is Libreville, which is also Gabon's national capital. The province is named for the Gabon Estuary, which lies at the heart of the province.
Estuaire is at the northwestern corner of Gabon, its western edge as the shores of the Gulf of Guinea. To the north, Estuaire borders the Republic of Equatorial Guinea: the Litoral Province in the northwest, and the Centro Sur Province in the northeast. Domestically, it borders the following provinces:
* Woleu-Ntem – east
* Moyen-Ogooué – south-southeast
* Ogooué-Maritime – southwest
Estuaire is divided into 6 departments:
* Komo Department (Kango)
* Komo-Mondah Department (Ntoum)
* Noya Department (Cocobeach)
* Cap Estérias Department (Cap Estérias)
Estuaire is at the northwestern corner of Gabon, its western edge as the shores of the Gulf of Guinea. To the north, Estuaire borders the Republic of Equatorial Guinea: the Litoral Province in the northwest, and the Centro Sur Province in the northeast. Domestically, it borders the following provinces:
* Woleu-Ntem – east
* Moyen-Ogooué – south-southeast
* Ogooué-Maritime – southwest
Estuaire is divided into 6 departments:
* Komo Department (Kango)
* Komo-Mondah Department (Ntoum)
* Noya Department (Cocobeach)
* Cap Estérias Department (Cap Estérias)
Map - Estuaire Province (Estuaire)
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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 |