Mitzic [1] ( fr. Mitzic ) is a town in the province of Vole-Ntem , in the northern part of the country, located 240 km east of the capital Libreville . The administrative center of the Okano department. Mitsik is located at an altitude of 583 meters above sea level. The city is of historical importance due to the Gabon operation that started from here: in October 1940, Free French troops from Cameroon took Mitzic, with the result that Vichy France began to lose control over Gabon [2] .
| City | |
| Mitsik | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Gabon |
| Area | Wole-Ntem |
| History and geography | |
Population
The population is 16,630 people (according to the 2013 census).
Notes
- ↑ Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Sao Tome and Principe // World Atlas / comp. and prepare. to ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; Ch. ed. G. V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - P. 149. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ The World at War - French Empire Timeline 1940-45 . worldatwar.net. The appeal date is June 15, 2019.