Zadié (department)

Zadié
Department
Zadie Department in the region
Zadie Department in the region
Country Gabon
ProvinceOgooué-Ivindo Province
Population
 (2013)[1]
 • Total15,816
Time zoneUTC+1 (GMT +1)

Zadié is a department of Ogooué-Ivindo Province in northern-eastern Gabon. The capital lies at Mékambo. As of 2013 the department had a population of 15,816 people.[1] The department has a population of Bakoya pygmies, settled here since about 1933 along the main roads from Mékambo to Mazingo and Mékambo to Ekata on the Congolese border.[2] The area received international press for outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in 1994 and 1997.

Administrative divisions

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The department contains the following administrative divisions. The population as of the 2013 census is given:[1]

  • Commune de Mékambo (6,744)
  • Canton Bengoué (1,123)
  • Canton Djouah (2,636)
  • Canton Loué (3,928)
  • Canton Sassamongo (1,385)

1°01′N 13°56′E / 1.017°N 13.933°E / 1.017; 13.933

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Résultats Globaux du Recensement Général de la Population et des Logements de 2013 du Gabon (RGPL-2013)" (PDF). Direction Générale des Statistiques du Gabon. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. ^ Soengas, Beatriz (December 2009). "PRELIMINARY ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH ON THE BAKOYA" (PDF). African Study Monographs, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Retrieved 12 November 2013.