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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]
The national press service is the Gabonese Press Agency which publishes a daily paper, Gabon-Matin (circulation 18,000 as of 2002). L'Union in Libreville, the government-controlled daily newspaper, had an average daily circulation of 40,000 in 2002. The weekly Gabon d'Aujourdhui is published by the Ministry of Communications. There are about 9 ...
"French Congo. Natives from Gabon": Colonial postcard c.1905. In 1838 and 1841, France established a protectorate over the coastal regions of Gabon by treaties with Gabonese coastal chiefs. . American missionaries from New England established a mission at the mouth of the Komo River in 1842. In 1849, the French authorities captured an illegal slave ship and freed the captives on board. The ...
Libreville attains commune status. [7] Roman Catholic diocese of Libreville established. [8] 1956 - Léon M'ba becomes mayor. [9] 1958 - Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Libreville built. [citation needed] 1959 - Radiodiffusion-Télévision Gabonaise headquartered in city. [10] 1960 - City becomes capital of the Republic of Gabon. [1] 1964
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 ...
Gabon is a Francophone country, where, as of 2024, 1.683 million (66.3%) out of 2.539 million people speak French. [3] It is estimated that 80% [4] of the country's population can speak the language competently and one-third of residents of Libreville, the capital city, had become native French speakers. [2]
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Estuaire is the most populous of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 20,740 km 2. The provincial capital is Akanda, but the largest city is Libreville, Gabon's national capital. The province is named for the Gabon Estuary, which lies at the heart of the province.