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Fougamou is a small town in
Ngounié Province Ngounié is a province of south-central Gabon covering an area of . Its capital is Mouila. At the 2013 census it had 100,838 inhabitants. In 2016, its governor was Benjamin Nzigou. History The province is named after the Ngounié River, which ...
in
Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...
. It has a population of about 4,100 and is the capital of Tsamba-Magotsi Department. It lies along the west bank of the
Ngounié River The Ngounié River (also Ngunyé, French: ''Rivière Ngounié'') is a river flowing through southwest-central Gabon. It is the last and second most important tributary of the Ogooué River, the first being the Ivindo River. It initially flows do ...
on the N1 road between
Lambaréné Lambaréné is a town and the capital of Moyen-Ogooué in Gabon. It has a population of 38,775 as of 2013, and is located 75 kilometres south of the equator. Lambaréné is based in the Central African Rainforest at the river Ogooué. This riv ...
and
Mouila Mouila is the capital of Ngounié Province in Gabon. It lies on the Ngounié River and the N1 road (Gabon), N1 road and has a population of about 20,000 people. Its main sight is Lac Bleu, Gabon, Lac Bleu, a lake known for its bright blue water ...
. The town has a
mission house The Mission House at Kerikeri in New Zealand was completed in 1822 as part of the Kerikeri Mission Station by the Church Missionary Society, and is New Zealand's oldest surviving building. It is sometimes known as Kemp House. History Samuel ...
, market, hotels, restaurants, pharmacy and shops. There is an
airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...
and shared taxis pass through regularly. There are
waterfall A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...
s nearby, known as the Samba Falls or Impératrice Falls. To the east are the Chaillu Mountains and
Waka National Park Waka National Park (French: ''Parc national de Waka'') is a national park in central Gabon. Waka protects over 1,000 km of rain forest and savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ec ...
. A short distance north is the village of
Sindara Sindara is a town in Gabon. Notable residents * André Raponda Walker André Raponda Walker (1871–1968) was a Gabonese author, ethnographer, Catholic priest, and missionary. Walker wrote extensively about Gabonese language and culture.< ...
which has an abandoned mission and
rapids Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep stream gradient, gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. Flow, gradient, constriction, and obstacles are four factors that are needed for a rapid t ...
on the river.


References

*Warne, Sophie (2003) ''Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe: the Bradt Travel Guide'', Bradt.
Fougamou
Gabon-Business. Populated places in Ngounié Province {{Gabon-geo-stub