Ntoum | |
Other Name: | Nkan |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Gabon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Gabon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Gabon |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Estuaire Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Komo-Mondah |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2013 |
Population Total: | 51,954 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | WAT |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 0.3844°N 9.7539°W |
Ntoum or Nkan is a town in Estuaire Province in northwestern Gabon. It is the capital of the Komo-Mondah Department. Nkan lies along the N1 road and L106 road, 39.2 kilometres by road east of Libreville and 12.2 kilometres north of Nzamaligue.[1]
In the 2013 census it had a population of 51,954.[2] In the 1993 census it had a population of 6,188 and in 2012 an estimated population of 11,754.[3]
It is served by Nkan Airport.[4] It is located on the Trans-Gabon Railway and is the proposed junction for the line to the iron ore exporting port of Santa Clara.[5]
Ntoum has an integrated cement plant.