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You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.04°19′40″S 11°53′37″E / 4.32778°S 11.89361°E / -4.32778; 11.89361 Kouilou (Kongo: Kwilu, Kuilu [2][3]) is a department of the Republic of the Congo.

Covering the country's coastline, it has an area of 13,650 square kilometres and at the start of 2023 it was home to about 97,362 people.

Since 2011 the town of Loango has been the capital of the Kouilou department.

Kouilou Department is divided into six districts:[6] Clark, John Frank; Decalo, Samuel (2012), Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 978-0-8108-4919-8, retrieved 2018-01-17