Libreville
capital city of Gabon
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Summary
Libreville is a city[1]. Libreville ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,604 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Estuaire Province[3]
- Country: Gabon[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Gabon Estuary[5], Gulf of Guinea[6]
- Head of government: Pierre Matthieu Obame Etoughe[7]
- Official language: French[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Nice[9], Durban[10], São Tomé[11], Daejeon[12]
- Commons category: Libreville[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[14]
- Local dialing code: 44-48[15], 70-79[16]
- Inception: 1849[17]
- Official website: http://libreville.ga[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Libreville[19]
- Population: 899,000[20]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22]
- Capital of: Gabon[23]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Libreville[24]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Libreville[25]
- Demonym: Librevilloise[26], Librevillois[27]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Libreville[28]
- Different from: Libreville[29]
- Elevation above sea level: 13 m[30]
- Area: 189 km²[31]
- History of topic: timeline of Libreville[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Libreville include Libreville International Airport[34], an international airport[35], in Gabon[36].
Why It Matters
Libreville has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Libreville is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
Entities named for Libreville include Libreville International Airport[34], an international airport[35], in Gabon[36].