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Website. www.libreville.ga. Libreville 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.
Timeline. 1843 - Fort and trading post established by French. [1] 1849. Libreville founded by French military official Édouard Bouët-Willaumez. Freed Vili [fr] slaves were resettled in the new village. [2][3] M. Mountier, a resettled former slave, becomes mayor (approximate date). [4] 1860 - Town becomes administrative seat of colonial ...
Ceramic tiles imported from Portugal were used on the facade of the Church of Notre-Dame de Lourdes (2015) near Carrefour Rio in Libreville, Gabon, Central Africa. Orientation: Normal: Horizontal resolution: 180 dpi: Vertical resolution: 180 dpi: File change date and time: 23:28, 10 August 2018: Y and C positioning: Co-sited: Exif version: 2.3 ...
The Cathedral of Saint-Marie overlooking Port Mole in Libreville, Gabon, Central Africa, was built in front of a much older predecessor in 1958. ... //flickr.com ...
The Mosquée du CHU (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire) is a prominent landmark in downtown Libreville, Gabon, Central Africa. Orientation: Normal: Horizontal resolution: 180 dpi: Vertical resolution: 180 dpi: File change date and time: 22:45, 26 July 2018: Y and C positioning: Co-sited: Exif version: 2.3: Date and time of digitizing: 22:45, 26 ...
Akanda National Park (French: Parc national d'Akanda) is located just north of Libreville, Gabon 's capital city. It is also one of 13 National Parks in Gabon set up in 2002 by President Omar Bongo after a two-year study by the DFC, WCS and WWF. The 13 national parks are designed to represent the biodiversity of the country and encourage tourism.
National Agency for National Parks. Loango National Park (French: Parc national de Loango) is a national park in western Gabon. It protects diverse coastal habitats including part of the 220-square-kilometre (85 sq mi) Iguéla Lagoon, the only significant example of a typical western African lagoon system that is protected within a national park.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Libreville ( French: Archidiocèse catholique romain de Libreville) is the Metropolitan See of the Latin Ecclesiastical province covering all Gabon . Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale Notre Dame de l’Assomption of Libreville, the national capital, which also has a former cathedral of the same ...