Ogooué-Maritime Province
# Ogooué-Maritime Province

Ogooué-Maritime is the westernmost of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 22,890 $km^2.$ The provincial capital is Port-Gentil. It has a 2013 census population of 157,562.

The shores of Ogooué-Maritime are of the Gulf of Guinea to the northwest and the South Atlantic Ocean to the southwest. It is the only coastal province without a foreign border. On land, it borders the following provinces:

* Estuaire – north
* Moyen-Ogooué – northeast
* Ngounié – east
* Nyanga – southeast

## Departments

Ogooué-Maritime is divided into 3 departments:

* Bendje Department (Port-Gentil)
* Etimboue Department (Omboue)
* Ndougou Department (Gamba)
