Ogooué-Lolo Province (Province de l’Ogooué-Lolo)
The Ogooué-Lolo Province is one of the nine provinces of Gabon, slightly southeast of central 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.
* Area: 25,380 km²
* 2-letter abbreviation/HASC: GA-OL
* ISO 3166-2: GA-07
* Population (2013): 65,771
Its length runs from the 3 S to 2 N and from 10 E to 11 E.
To the south, Ogooué-Lolo borders the Niari Region of the Republic of the Congo. Domestically, it borders the following provinces:
* Ngounié – west-southwest
* Moyen-Ogooué – northwest, at a quadripoint
* Ogooué-Ivindo – north and northwest
* Area: 25,380 km²
* 2-letter abbreviation/HASC: GA-OL
* ISO 3166-2: GA-07
* Population (2013): 65,771
Its length runs from the 3 S to 2 N and from 10 E to 11 E.
To the south, Ogooué-Lolo borders the Niari Region of the Republic of the Congo. Domestically, it borders the following provinces:
* Ngounié – west-southwest
* Moyen-Ogooué – northwest, at a quadripoint
* Ogooué-Ivindo – north and northwest
Map - Ogooué-Lolo Province (Province de l’Ogooué-Lolo)
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Country - Gabon
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Since its independence from France in 1960, the sovereign state of Gabon has had three presidents. In the 1990s, it introduced a multi-party system and a democratic constitution that aimed for a more transparent electoral process and reformed some governmental institutions. Despite this, the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) remains the dominant party. With petroleum and foreign private investment, it has the fourth highest HDI in the region (after Mauritius, Seychelles and South Africa) and the fifth highest GDP per capita (PPP) in all of Africa (after Seychelles, Mauritius, Equatorial Guinea and Botswana). Its GDP grew by more than 6% per year from 2010 to 2012.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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XAF | Central African CFA franc | Fr | 0 |
ISO | Language |
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FR | French language |