Zadié (department)
Zadié | |
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Department | |
Zadie Department in the region | |
| Country | Gabon |
| Province | Ogooué-Ivindo Province |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 15,816 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (GMT +1) |
Zadié is a department of Ogooué-Ivindo Province in northern-eastern Gabon. The capital lies at Mékambo. As of 2013 the department had a population of 15,816 people. The department has a population of Bakoya pygmies, settled here since about 1933 along the main roads from Mékambo to Mazingo and Mékambo to Ekata on the Congolese border. The area received international press for outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in 1994 and 1997.