Franceville is a city in southeastern Gabon on the eastern bank of the Ogooue River, and the capital of Haut-Ogooue Province. It was founded on June 13, 1880 by the explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza as a settlement for formerly enslaved Africans, first named Francheville before becoming Franceville. The 2013 census recorded 110,568 residents, making it Gabon's third largest commune after Libreville and Port-Gentil. The city hosts the Universite des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku and the CIRMF biomedical research institute, and lies near the Oklo site, the only known natural nuclear fission reactors on Earth.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Franceville (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 110,568 (2013)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -1.633333, longitude 13.583333
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 110568 (2013)
View the Source2. Franceville (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia infobox 'Founded' = '13 June 1880' on 'Franceville'
- In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Franceville - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2400555
-1.63333 13.58357 P PPLA GA 02 132895 405 Africa/Libreville
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 405 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -1.75, 13.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -1.75, 13.75
-1.75 13.75 Aw
Wikidata: Franceville
Wikidata Q459369, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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