Mongomo

Mongomo lies in the forested interior of the country facing the Gulf of Guinea, north of the sources of the Ntem and Woleu rivers. The dense equatorial forest shelters a rich variety of animal and plant life. Long before European rule, the wider region was home to forest peoples as well as communities speaking Bantu languages. Migration brought successive groups into the forests over many generations; the Fang and related peoples moved southwards through the interior towards the river headwaters.

The later city of Ciudad de la Paz lies here.