Cuvette-Ouest Department

Cuvette-Ouest
Department
Cuvette-Ouest, department of the Republic of the Congo
Cuvette-Ouest, department of the Republic of the Congo
CountryRepublic of the Congo
CapitalEwo
Area
 • Total
26,600 km2 (10,300 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census)
 • Total
119,328
 • Density4.49/km2 (11.6/sq mi)
HDI (2018)0.514
low · 9th of 12

Cuvette-Ouest ("West 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. From southeast to northeast it borders the departments of Plateaux, Nkéni-Alima, Cuvette, and Sangha, and it also borders the country of Gabon to the west. The capital is Ewo. Principal cities and towns include Kelle.

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


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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