Estuaire Province
Estuaire is the most populous of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 20,740 km². The provincial capital is Libreville, which is also Gabon's national capital. The province is named for the Gabon Estuary, which lies at the heart of the province.
Estuaire | |
|---|---|
Province | |
 Estuaire Province in Gabon | |
| Coordinates: 0°23′40″N 9°25′45″E | |
| Country |  |
| 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[1] medium |
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 6 departments:
- Komo Department (Kango)
- Komo-Mondah Department (Ntoum)
- Noya Department (Cocobeach)
- Cap Estérias Department (Cap Estérias)
- Komo-Océan Department (Ndzomoe)
- Libreville (department & capital city)
References
- "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
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