Cuvette-Ouest Department

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Cuvette-Ouest, department of the Republic of the Congo
Country Republic of the Congo
Capital Ewo
Area
  Total26,600 km2 (10,300 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census)
  Total119,328
  Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
HDI (2018)0.514 [1]
low · 9th of 12

Cuvette-Ouest (or Western Cuvette) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. Cuvette-Ouest is the least populated department in the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette, Sangha, and Plateaux, and internationally, Gabon. The capital is Ewo. Principal cities and towns include Kelle.

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Cuvette-Ouest has been the site of several outbreaks of the Ebola virus.

Administrative divisions

Cuvette-Ouest Department is divided into one commune and six districts:

Districts

  1. Ewo District
  2. Kelle District
  3. Mbomo District
  4. Okoyo District
  5. Etoumbi District
  6. Mbama District

Communes

  1. Ewo Commune [2]


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Ewo or EWO may refer to:

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Ewo Airport is an airport serving the village of Ewo in the Cuvette-Ouest Department, Republic of the Congo.

Kellé Airport is an airstrip serving the village of Kellé in the Cuvette-Ouest Department, Republic of the Congo. The runway is 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) southeast of the village.

References

  1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. The urban community of Ewo gained the status of commune on March 16, 2017: http://www.sgg.cg/imageProvider.asp?private_resource=2639&fn=jo_2017_12.pdf Archived 2018-02-10 at the Wayback Machine ; the total area of the new unit is 91 sq km.

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