Woleu-Ntem Province Explained

Woleu-Ntem
Settlement Type:Province
Coordinates:1.2933°N 11.8356°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Gabon
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Oyem
Area Total Km2:38465
Population As Of:2013 census
Population Total:154986
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:HDI (2017)
Blank Info Sec1:0.641[1]

Woleu-Ntem is the northernmost of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 38,465 km and named after Woleu and Ntem rivers that cross it. The provincial capital is Oyem, which had a total of 60,685 inhabitants in 2013.

As Woleu-Ntem is the most northerly province of Gabon, it is the only province that borders Cameroon, and the only one with multiple foreign borders (other two being the Republics of the Congo and of Equatorial Guinea). It borders the following areas of these countries:

Domestically, it borders the following provinces:

Departments

Woleu-Ntem is divided into 5 departments:

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2018-09-13.