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Cities of Gabon Order City Population Province Census 2003 census 2013 1. Libreville: 538,195: 703,940: Estuaire: 2. Mandji (Port-Gentil) 105,712: 136,462: Ogooué ...
Libreville (/ˈlibrəˌvil/; [2] French:) is the capital and largest city of Gabon, located on the Gabon Estuary. Libreville occupies 65 square kilometres (25 sq mi) of the northwestern province of Estuaire. Libreville is also a port on the Gabon Estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904. [3]
Port-Gentil (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ ʒɑ̃ti]) or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and it is a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. The city is located on a delta island in the Ogooue delta. Nearby Cape Lopez is Gabon's westernmost point. As of 2013 census, it had a population of 136,462.
Rank Province HDI (2022) High human development 1: Estuaire: 0.716 2: Ogooue Maritime: 0.703 Medium human development - Gabon 0.693: 2: Libreville Port Gentil: 0.692 3: Haut-Ogooué
Lambaréné is a town and the capital of Moyen-Ogooué in Gabon. It has a population of 38,775 as of 2013, and is located 75 kilometres south of the equator. Lambaréné is based in the Central African Rainforest at the river Ogooué. This river divides the city into 3 districts: Rive Gauche, Ile Lambaréné and Rive Droite.
The Nzebi people (or Banzebi, or Ndzebi)) live in the area between Lébamba and extending to west of Franceville. Njebi, a Northwest Bantu language, is spoken in Lébamba. [citation needed] The Wumbvu people live in the same province, but to the east of Lébamba; they speak the Wumbvu language and are of a different tribal cluster, that of the Central Congo.
The uranium-bearing mineral francevillite takes its name from the primary city. It is the historical home of three cultures, the Obamba, Ndzebi and Téké. Like many regions in Africa, more traditional uses of the land have given way to rural migration to the larger cities. [3] In August 2006, its soccer club won the Gabon Independence Cup. [4]
Gabon (/ ɡ ə ˈ b ɒ n / gə-BON; French pronunciation: ⓘ), officially the Gabonese Republic (French: République gabonaise), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west.