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Port-Gentil
Sign in to savePort-Gentil () or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and 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.
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Port-Gentil is a city in Gabon and serves as the capital of Ogooué-Maritime Province. The city is twinned with Wenzhou. Its residents are referred to as Port-gentillais or Port-gentillaise.
The city has a population of 154,632, while another source lists the population as 164,018. Port-Gentil is situated at an elevation of 3 meters according to one dataset and 4 meters according to another. It operates in the Africa/Libreville timezone.
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Place details
- Locality
- Port-Gentil
- Region
- Ogooué-Maritime
- Country
- Gabon
- Population
- 164,018
- Timezone
- Africa/Libreville
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
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- Port-Gentil
- Settlement.native_name
- Mandji
- Settlement.image_skyline
- POG-From The Air.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Port-Gentil, Gabon.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Gabon
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Gabon
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Gabon
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ogooue-Maritime
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bendje Department
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2013 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 136462
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
Port-Gentil is Gabon's workhorse with offshore oil rigs and port activities humming around the city. Interestingly, Port-Gentil has no roadway connections with the rest of Gabon, and sits on a peninsula (island actually, if you consider that it is cut off from the mainland by the delta of the Ogooue River).
Get in
The connection with the rest of the world is maintained through * with transit to Libreville, and marine links, including a ferry service to Lambarene across the Ogooue River.
Sleep
Because of the oil and gas operations, lodging is kind of expensive here.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- City districts
- Climate
- Transportation
- Healthcare
- Education
- Places of worship
- Notable residents
- Gallery
- References
- Sources
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Port-Gentil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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