Mékambo

Mékambo

▪ Gabon
      town, northeastern Gabon. It lies along the south bank of the Djadié River (a tributary of the Ogooué). Mékambo is the trading centre for a substantial mining district. The hills along the plateau, extending for about 100 miles (160 km) from Mékambo to Makokou, contain some of the world's richest iron-ore deposits; notable reserves are located at Belinga, 60 miles (97 km) west-northwest of Mékambo, and at Bokaboka, 30 miles (48 km) southwest.

      There is also farming in the vicinity. Coffee and cocoa from the hinterland are shipped by road, river, and rail to either Pointe-Noire, Congo (Brazzaville) or Owendo, Gabon, for export. Mékambo also has a Roman Catholic church, a government medical centre, a rubber market, and a school for carpentry and ironsmithing. Pop. (1993) 3,304.

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