Department Files (Likouala)

LIKOUALA DEPARTMENT

PROFILES

Energy

  • Biomasse

          Use of wood: wood energy is still the predominant fuel in households, i.e. 98.5% of the population of the department: 

    •  Firewood, 2021 estimate: 30,840 tonnes; 
    •  Charcoal, 2021 estimate: 5,203 tonnes;
  • Potential electricity production : construction of hydroelectric micro-dam
  • Current status No high voltage line

Communication

  • Access to mobile networks : MTN 4G
  • Fiber optic : installation project.

Hydrography

  Département est doté d’un réseau hydrographique comprenant deux grands cours d’eau:

  • The Oubangui (tributaries: the Ibanga and the Motaba);
  • The Likouala with herbs (tributaries: the Ilobi, the Moundongouma and the Bali on its right bank, the Tanga and the Batanga on the left bank)

Agriculture

Done in the forest zone of Impfondo, Dongou and Epéna:

  • Cassava;
  • Banana
  • Plantain ;
  • Taros;
  • Cereals ;
  • Legumes.

Basic cocoa and coffee crops are grown in Epéna and Dongou.

Livestock and fishing

Type of breeding developed in the department:

  • Cattle;
  • Sheep;
  • Goats;
  • Pigs;
  • Poultry;
  • Apiculture;

Continental fishing.

Industry

The industrial activity developed in the department:

  • The wood processing industry;
  • Oil

Transport

The department is served by three modes of transportation :

  • Ground transportation: Road axes
    • National roads
      • RN3: Ouesso-Enyellé-Bétou-CAR border
      • RN15: Enyelled (IntRN3)- Impfondo;
      • RN15: Impfondo-Liranga
    •  Departmental roads :
      • RD1: Impfondo (IntRN15) – Epena
  • River transport 

       Inside the department:

    • Motaba navigable to Bangui-Motaba
    • Ibenga navigable from Boyélé to Mampoutou;

       To reach the department from Brazzaville (about 1000 km)

       By the Congo River then Oubangui (from the ports of Bétou, Dongou, Impfondo, Liranga)

  • Air transportation: 
    • Impfondo Airport

Mining

Type of ores

Location

Gold

Prospecting

Diamond

Prospecting

Tourism

  • Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park;
       Other tourist attractions:
    • Visit of the villages (discovery of way of life);
    • Visit of small towns and ports along roads and rivers;
    • Visit the cocoa fields and artisanal palm oil factories.

        Details for tourism in the department, click on the link below (Clr + click)

       Profil touristique de la Likouala

Biodiversity and forests

  • In the north, dense and humid forests;
  • In the south, marshy areas, with a longitudinal distribution of some forests;
  • Lac tele community reserve

Forest cover:

  • Dense and humid forest: 61.7%;
  • Flood forest: 32.8%;
  • Water meadow: 4.2%

Forest Concession granted

Concession

Capital origin

Area (ha) granted

Bétou

Italy

300.000

Ipenga

Congo

461.296

Lopola

Lebanon

199.900

Loundoungou-toukoulaka

Singapore

571.100

Missa

Italy

225.500

Mokabi-dzanga

France

583.000

Moungouna

Congo

30.600

Ungranted forest concession

Concession

Forestry sector

Forestry sector

Surface area (ha) :

Bonvouki

North

1N

106.412

Protected areas :

Name

Surface area (ha) :

Lac Télé Community Reserve

438.960

Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park (straddling Sangha and Likouala)

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