9. Gabon is divided into nine provinces. Which of the nine is the largest, the least populated and the least developed?
From Quiz République Gabonaise
Answer:
Ogooué-Ivindo Province
Ogooué-Ivindo Province in the extreme east of Gabon gets its name from the two main rivers that flow through it. With an area of 17,500 square miles (about 20% of the entire country), it is slightly larger than Estonia. It has a population of less than 50,000, though, about one third of whom live in the provincial capital, Makokou.
With an area of 7,100 square miles (the size of Fiji), Moyen-Ogooué is one of Gabon's smaller provinces. It is the only Gabonese province that has neither a coastline nor an international border. The capital, Lambaréné, is home to 24,000 in the heart of the Central African Rainforest on the banks of the Ogooué River. Woleu-Ntem is in the extreme northeast of the country and is the only province to border all three of Gabon's neighbors. The provincial capital, Oyem, lies on the banks of the Ntem River at 3,000 feet above sea level. Nyanga is the country's southernmost province. The capital, Tchibanga, has a population of around 25,000, almost half of whom are refugees from the Republic of Congo.