Mounana

Mounana
Mounana
Town
	Mounana Location in Gabon
	Coordinates: 1°24′5″S 13°9′41″E
Country	Gabon
Province	Haut-Ogooué
Department	Lemboumbi-Leyou
Population (1993)
• Total	6,372
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Mounana is a town in Gabon. It lies on the N3 road and from 1958 until the 1990s was a major uranium mining centre.[1] The mine is now closed, and it is now primarily a centre for agriculture. According to the 1993 census it had a population of 6,372 and in 2013 it had an estimated population of 12,437.[2]

References

Schlüter, Thomas (2008). Geological Atlas of Africa: With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards and Geosites of Each Country. Springer. p. 112. ISBN 978-3-540-76373-4. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
"Gabon". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.

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[Schlüter2008-1] Schlüter, Thomas (2008). Geological Atlas of Africa: With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards and Geosites of Each Country. Springer. p. 112. ISBN 978-3-540-76373-4. Retrieved 13 April 2013.

[2] "Gabon". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.