Médouneu
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Médouneu is a small town
in northern Gabon
. It is the capital of the Haut-Ntem Department
in Woleu-Ntem
province. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 2,445.
The town is served by Medouneu Airport.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in northern Gabon
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...
. It is the capital of the Haut-Ntem Department
Haut-Ntem Department
Haut-Ntem is a department of Woleu-Ntem Province in northern Gabon. The capital lies at Médouneu....
in Woleu-Ntem
Woleu-Ntem
Woleu-Ntem is one of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 38,465 km². The provincial capital is Oyem.As Woleu-Ntem is the most northerly province of Gabon, it is the only province that borders Cameroon, as well as bordering the Republics of Equatorial Guinea and of the Congo...
province. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 2,445.
The town is served by Medouneu Airport.