The Third Zone District of Moanda lies south of the city of

Moanda Moanda is one of the largest towns in Gabon, lying on the N3 road in Haut Ogooué. It is also one of the most important manganese mining towns in the world, under the auspices of the '' Compagnie Minière de l'Ogooué'' (COMILOG), which beg ...

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

. It is isolated from the city by the Miosso Swamp and its only connection remains the Moanda-Bakoumba road, which passes between Mounts Moanda and Boundinga and continues to the

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with

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Geography

The Third Zone District is home to Rigobert Landji Public High School, the largest high school in

. The high school is built on a previously unoccupied

plateau In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; ), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides ...

, making Moanda a town built on four plateaus.

References

# Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain) (1993)
''Country report: Gabon, Equatorial Guinea''.
The Unit. p. 1. Retrieved 31 October 2011. # "Moanda Climate Normals 1961–1990".

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. Retrieved 8 March 2015. Populated places in Haut-Ogooué Province {{gabon-geo-stub