Owando
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| Coordinates | 0 ° 29 ′ S , 15 ° 54 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Republic of the Congo | ||
| Cuvette | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CG-8 | ||
| height | 350 m | ||
| Residents | 26,635 (2012) | ||
| founding | 1903 | ||
Owando is a city in the center of the Republic of the Congo . The capital of the Cuvette department lies on the banks of the Kouyou River . At the 2012 census , Owando had a population of around 27,000. The city has Owando International Airport , which is about six kilometers to the southeast.
The city was founded in 1903 as Fort Rousset and only got an African name with Owando in 1977 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Owando City Blog. Retrieved March 29, 2015.