title: Ogooué-Maritime Province
text: # 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)
  