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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]
On October 12, 2011, a Nationale Regionale Transport EMB-120, registration ZS-PYO (MSN: 120245), performing a charter flight from Libreville to Port-Gentil (Gabon), overran the end of runway 21, and came to a stop with the nose gear intact but with both main gear struts bent backwards, causing the engines to "pitch down" together with the wings.
On 2 April 1977, an Aviogenex (Yugoslavia) Tupolev Tu-134 registered YU-AJS, crashed on landing, killing the eight crew on board. [15]On 8 June 2004, a Gabon Express twin-engine Hawker Siddeley HS 748 operating Gabon Express Flight 221 ditched into the Gulf of Guinea after suffering an engine failure and hydraulic problems shortly after take-off, leading to the deaths of 19 out of the 30 onboard.
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 ...
Location ICAO IATA Airport name Akieni: FOGA: AKE: Akieni Airport: Bakoumba Bidoungui Airport: Bitam: FOOB: BMM: Bitam Airport: Booué: FOGB: BGB: Booué Airport ...
Owendo is a port city in Gabon, forming a south western suburb of Libreville. History. In 1978, the Trans-Gabon Railway was connected to the city. [1]
The one rail link, the Trans-Gabon Railway, connects the port of Owendo with the inland town of Franceville. While most of the country is connected by roads, not all areas are accessible. Much of the road network remains unpaved, and it primarily revolves around seven "national routes" labeled N1 through N7.
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.