Haut-Ogooué
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Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
's nine provinces
Provinces of Gabon
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. It is named after the Ogooué River
Ogooué River
The Ogooué , some 1,200 km long, is the principal river of Gabon in west central Africa. Its watershed drains nearly the entire country of Gabon, with some tributaries reaching into the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea....
. It covers an area of 36,547 km². The provincial capital is Franceville
Franceville
Franceville or Masuku is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of around 22,000 people. It lies on the River Mpassa and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza chose it to resettle former...
. One of its primary industries is mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
, with manganese
Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element, designated by the symbol Mn. It has the atomic number 25. It is found as a free element in nature , and in many minerals...
, gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
and uranium
Uranium
Uranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table, with atomic number 92. It is assigned the chemical symbol U. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons...
being found in the region. The uranium-bearing mineral
Mineral
A mineral is a naturally occurring solid chemical substance formed through biogeochemical processes, having characteristic chemical composition, highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties. By comparison, a rock is an aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids and does not...
Francevillite
Francevillite
Francevillite is a uranyl-group vanadate mineral in the tyuyamunite series. Its chemical formula is 2V2O8·5. Francevillite is a strongly radioactive mineral. It is typically orange, yellow or brownish yellow. It forms a series with curienite....
takes its name from the primary city. It is the historical home of three cultures, the Obamba
Obamba
The Obamba are an ethnic group located largely in Gabon's Haut-Ogooué Province. The Obamba people's traditional language is Mbama, which is often also referred to as Obamba....
, Ndzabi and Téké
Teke
-People:* Fatih Tekke, a Turkish footballer* Teke people or Bateke, a Central African ethnic group** Teke languages, a series of Bantu languages spoken by the Teke people* Teke tribe or Tekke, a tribe of southern Turkmenistan...
. Like many regions in Africa, more traditional uses of the land have given way to rural migration to the larger cities. In August 2006, its soccer club won the Gabon Independence Cup. http://www.panapress.com/newslatf.asp?code=eng001452&dte=17/08/2006
To the northeast, east, and south, Haut-Ogooué borders several regions of the Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...
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- Cuvette-Ouest - northeast
- CuvetteCuvette RegionCuvette is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the central part of the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette-Ouest, Likouala, Plateaux, and Sangha, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital is Owando...
- east - PlateauxPlateaux Region (Congo)Plateaux is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the central part of the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette, Lékoumou, and Pool, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the east and Gabon on the west. The regional capital is Djambala...
- southeast - Lékoumou - south
- NiariNiari RegionNiari is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Kouilou, and Lékoumou, and internationally, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Cabinda portion of Angola. The regional capital is Dolisie.Niari is divided...
- southwest
Domestically, it borders the following provinces:
- Ogooué-LoloOgooué-LoloThe Ogooué-Lolo province is one of the nine provinces of Gabon. The regional capital is Koulamoutou, a city of approximately 16,000 people. It is the ninth largest city in Gabon and the home of slightly more than one-third of the provincial population....
- west - Ogooué-IvindoOgooué-IvindoThe 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...
- north
Departments
- Djoue DepartmentDjoue DepartmentDjoue is a department of Haut-Ogooué Province in south-eastern Gabon. The capital lies at Onga....
(Onga) - Djououri-Aguilli DepartmentDjououri-Aguilli DepartmentDjououri-Aguilli is a department of Haut-Ogooué Province in south-eastern Gabon. The capital lies at Bongoville....
(BongovilleBongovilleBongoville is a town in south eastern Gabon, lying east of Franceville. It was known as Lewai until its renaming for President Omar Bongo, who was born in what was then a village but was greatly enlarged under his presidency. It lies just west of the Bateke Plateau and is home to a large stadium....
) - Lekoni-Lekori DepartmentLekoni-Lekori DepartmentLekoni-Lekori is a department of Haut-Ogooué Province in south-eastern Gabon. The capital lies at Akieni....
(AkieniAkiéniAkiéni is a small town in Lekoni-Lekori Department in Haut-Ogooue in north-eastern Gabon near the border with the Republic of the Congo.-External links:*...
) - Lekoko DepartmentLekoko DepartmentLekoko is a department of Haut-Ogooué Province in south-eastern Gabon. The capital lies at Bakoumba....
(BakoumbaBakoumbaBakoumba is a town in south eastern Gabon with a population of around 2,500 - 3000 people. It lies south west of Moanda and was the headquarters for the COMILOG Cableway, carrying manganese from Moanda to Mbinda in Congo-Brazzaville. The cable car closed in 1986.The town is known for Lékédi Park,...
) - Lemboumbi-Leyou DepartmentLemboumbi-Leyou DepartmentLemboumbi-Leyou is a department of Haut-Ogooué Province in south-eastern Gabon. The capital lies at Moanda....
(MoandaMoandaMoanda is one of the largest towns in Gabon, lying on the N3 road in Haut Ogooué. It is also one of the most important manganese mining towns in the world, under the auspices of the Compagnie Minière de l'Ogooué , which began mining in 1957...
) - Mpassa DepartmentMpassa DepartmentMpassa is a department of Haut-Ogooué Province in south-eastern Gabon. The capital lies at Franceville....
(FrancevilleFrancevilleFranceville or Masuku is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of around 22,000 people. It lies on the River Mpassa and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza chose it to resettle former...
) - Plateaux Department (LeconiLéconiLéconi is a town in south eastern Gabon, lying east of Bongoville on the Léconi River, surrounded by the Batéké Plateau. It is known for the Léconi Canyons and Léconi Park, a private wildlife park also involved in agriculture....
) - Sebe-Brikolo DepartmentSebe-Brikolo DepartmentSebe-Brikolo is a department of Haut-Ogooué Province in eastern Gabon. The capital lies at Okondja....
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