Oyem

Oyem, also known by the Fang name Nkoum Ekiègn, is a city in northern and the capital of and of the Woleu Department. Situated on a plateau in the northern interior of the country, it lies on the N2 road that links to the border at Kyé-Ossi.

Oyem

Latitude
1.5998° or 1° 35′ 59″ north
Longitude
11.5751° or 11° 34′ 30″ east
Population
35,000
Elevation
656 metres (2,152 feet)
IATA airport code
OYE
United Nations Location Code
GA OYE
Open location code
6FHHHHXG+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 331139740
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2396646
Wiki­data ID
Q983886
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Oyem” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أوييم
  • Armenian: Օյեմ
  • Bashkir: Оем
  • Belarusian: Аем
  • Bulgarian: Ойем
  • Cebuano: Oyem (kapital sa lalawigan sa Gabon)
  • Cebuano: Oyem
  • Chinese: 奥耶姆
  • Chinese: 奧耶姆
  • Croatian: Oyem
  • Czech: Oyem
  • Danish: Oyem
  • Dutch: Oyem
  • Estonian: Oyem
  • Finnish: Oyem
  • French: Oyem
  • Galician: Oyem
  • Georgian: ოემი
  • German: Oyem
  • Hebrew: אויים
  • Hungarian: Oyem
  • Indonesian: Oyem
  • Italian: Oyem
  • Japanese: オイェム
  • Korean: 오옘
  • Kotava: Oyem
  • Lithuanian: Ojemas
  • Macedonian: Ојем
  • Moksha: Оем
  • Northern Frisian: Oyem
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Oyem
  • Occitan (post 1500): Oyem
  • Polish: Oyem
  • Portuguese: Oyem
  • Romanian: Oyem
  • Russian: Оем
  • Russian: Ойем
  • Serbo-Croatian: Oyem
  • Slovak: Oyem
  • Spanish: Oyem
  • Swahili: Oyem
  • Swedish: Oyem
  • Tagalog: Oyem
  • Turkish: Oyem
  • Ukrainian: Оєм
  • Urdu: اوییم
  • Vietnamese: Oyem
  • Waray (Philippines): Oyem
  • Zulu: Oyem

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