Koulamoutou is the city at the confluence of the river Lola and the river Bouenguidi on the N6 road. The town of Koulamoutou has an airport and has been developed by a cabinet minister who was born in a nearby village. Koulamoutou is the capital of Ogooue Lolo in central Gabon with a population of not more than 10,000 people.The town is very small in size and it is known for a museum ,a cinema hall and airport and is known for its nightlife too. The Du Chaillu mountains are known allover Gabon and the Mbougou Falls lie near Koulamoutou.
The earliest inhabitants of the area were Pygmy peoples. They were largely replaced and absorbed by Bantu tribes as they migrated. the history of Koulamoutou very closely linked with that of greater Gabon and the history of West Africa is in many ways retold through the Koulamoutou prism in Gabon. Koulamoutou is known allover Gabon for the beautiful masks that are popular throughout Gabon and West Africa. These international celebrated masks such as the n'goltang (Fang) and the replicatory figures of the Kota. Each group has its own set of masks used for various reasons. They are mostly used in traditional ceremonies such as marriage, birth and funerals. The mask makers and the woodcarvers mainly work with rare local woods and other precious materials
In the 15th century, the first Europeans arrived. The nations names as well as that of many cities like Koulamoutou originates from these days as 'gabão' which in portuguese stands for cabin, which is roughly the shape of estuary by Libreville. French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza led his first mission to the Gabon-Congo area in 1875. He founded the town of Franceville, and was later colonial governor. Several Bantu groups lived in the area that is now Gabon when France officially occupied it in 1885.
In 1910, Gabon became one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa, a federation that survived until 1959. Koulamoutou thereby also shares a very important role in national politics, in Gabon territories became independent on August 17, 1960. The first president of Gabon, elected in 1961, was Léon M'ba, with Omar Bongo Ondimba as his vice president. When M'Ba died in 1967, Bongo replaced him as president, and has been the head of state ever since, wining each contested election with a substantial majority.
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