Oyem
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Population
41K
Coordinates
1.6000, 11.5833
Category
cities
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Oyem, also known by the Fang name Nkoum Ekiègn, is a city in northern Gabon and the capital of Woleu-Ntem Province and of the Woleu Department. Situated on a plateau in the northern interior of the country, it lies on the N2 road that links Libreville to the Cameroonian border at Kyé-Ossi. With 60,685 inhabitants recorded at the 2013 general census, Oyem ranks as the fifth most populous urban commune in Gabon, after Libreville, Port-Gentil, Franceville and Owendo.
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