Mounana
Mounana is a town in Gabon. It lies on the N3 road and from 1958 until the 1990s was a major uranium mining centre. The mine is now closed, and it is now primarily a centre for agriculture.Places of Interest
Highlights include Oklo Mine.
Oklo Mine
Archaeological site
A natural nuclear fission reactor is a uranium deposit where self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions occur. The idea of a nuclear reactor existing in situ within an ore body moderated by groundwater was briefly explored by Paul Kuroda in 1956.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oklo.
Oklo
Locality
Oklo is a geological region near Franceville in the Haut-Ogooué Province of Gabon. Several natural nuclear fission reactors were discovered in the uranium mines in the region in 1972. Oklo is situated 3 km southeast of Mounana.
Mounana
- Type: Town with 6,370 residents
- Description: city
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon, Central Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-1.38331° or 1° 22′ 60″ southLongitude
13.15651° or 13° 9′ 23″ eastPopulation
6,370Elevation
459 metres (1,506 feet)Open location code
6FCMJ584+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2178082130OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2397978Wikidata ID
Q1200140
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Zulu—“Mounana” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Mounana”
- Belarusian: “Мунана”
- Bulgarian: “Мунана”
- Cebuano: “Mounana”
- Chinese: “穆納納”
- Chinese: “穆纳纳”
- Dutch: “Mounana”
- French: “Mounana”
- German: “Mounana”
- Italian: “Mounana”
- Japanese: “ムナナ”
- Korean: “무나나”
- Lithuanian: “Munana”
- Moksha: “Мунана”
- Polish: “Mounana”
- Portuguese: “Mounana”
- Russian: “Мунана”
- Swedish: “Mounana”
- Ukrainian: “Мунана”
- Uzbek: “Mounana”
- Zulu: “Mounana”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mandjaye and Mafoungui.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gare Routière de Mounana and Mounana town hall.
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