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.
Zadié | |
|---|---|
Department | |
 Zadie Department in the region | |
| Country |  Gabon |
| Province | Ogooué-Ivindo Province |
| Population (2013)[1] | |
• Total | 15,816 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (GMT +1) |
Administrative divisions
editThe 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)
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Soengas, Beatriz (December 2009). "PRELIMINARY ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH ON THE BAKOYA" (PDF). African Study Monographs, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
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