Wele-Nzas

Wele-nzas
Location of Wele-nzas
CountryEquatorial Guinea
CapitalMongomo
Area
 • Total5,026 km2 (1,941 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total192,017
 • Density38/km2 (99/sq mi)

Wele-nzas (Spanish: Wele Nsas or Welensas)[2] is a province in the eastern portion of continental Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Mongomo. It borders the Equatoguinean provinces of Centro sur to the west and Kie-ntem to the north, with Gabon's Woleu-Ntem Province to the east and south. As of 2015, the population of Wele-nzas was 192,017.[1] It derives its name from the Benito River (also called the Wele) and the Piedra Nzas mountain range.

  1. ^ a b "Censo de población 2015–República de Guinea Ecuatorial" (PDF) (in Spanish). INEGE. p. 7. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ^ "La Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española (AEGLE) publica los Gentilicios de las provincias y distritos de la Región Continental del país" (in Spanish).