Franceville

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Franceville

Total population

56,000

Coordinates-1.63°, 13.59°

Demographic figures from DGS Gabon. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Franceville is a city in southeastern Gabon and the capital of Haut-Ogooué Province. The 2013 general population and housing census recorded the city's population at 110,568, making it the third-largest commune in the country after Libreville and Port-Gentil. The city lies on the east bank of the Ogooué River, just south of its confluence with the Mpassa, at the eastern terminus of the Trans-Gabon Railway and of the Transgabonaise road corridor running east from Libreville.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.