Estuaire Province

Estuaire
Province
Estuaire
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Estuaire Province in Gabon
Coordinates: 0°23′40″N 9°25′45″E
Country	Gabon
Capital	Libreville
Area
• Total	20,740 km2 (8,010 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• Total	895,689
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
HDI (2017)	0.687 medium

Estuaire is the most populous of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 20,740 km². The provincial capital is Akanda, but the largest city is Libreville, Gabon's national capital. The province is named for the Gabon Estuary, which lies at the heart of the province.

Estuaire is at the northwestern corner of Gabon, its western edge as the shores of the Gulf of Guinea. To the north, Estuaire borders the Republic of Equatorial Guinea: the Litoral Province in the northwest, and the Centro Sur Province in the northeast. Domestically, it borders the following provinces:

• Woleu-Ntem – east
• Moyen-Ogooué – south-southeast
• Ogooué-Maritime – southwest

Departments

Estuaire is divided into 5 departments:

• Komo Department (Kango)
• Komo-Mondah Department (Ntoum)
• Noya Department (Cocobeach)
• Komo-Océan Department (Ndzomoe)
• Libreville (department & Gabon's capital)

External links

• Statoids, Departments of Gabon