Official Name: | Mitzic |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Gabon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Gabon |
Subdivision Name: | Gabon |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Woleu-Ntem Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Government Type: | Mayor-council |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 4926 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 0.7833°N 45°W |
Mitzic is a town located in Woleu-Ntem province, Gabon. Mitzic is located 322.71 km from Libreville, the capital of Gabon, and 111.47 km from Oyem, capital of Woleu Ntem.
The work of the late Moise Nkoghe Mvé, entitled The History of Mitzic, reports that Mitzic city was founded gradually between 1905 and 1910.[1]
In 1947, Mitzic was the seat of a congress about the Fang culture and language, bringing together representatives of the Fang peoples from Gabon, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.