Franceville




This article is about the city in Gabon. For other uses, see Franceville (disambiguation).

Place in Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
























Franceville


Masuku

Franceville.jpg


Franceville is located in Gabon

Franceville

Franceville



Location in Gabon

Coordinates: 1°38′S 13°35′E / 1.633°S 13.583°E / -1.633; 13.583
Country
 Gabon
Province Haut-Ogooué Province
Department Mpassa Department
Population
(2013 census)

 • Total 110,568

Franceville is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of around 110,568 (2013 census) people. It lies on the River Mpassa and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza chose it to resettle former slaves and renamed it "Francheville" (meaning "city of the freed" in French) in 1880. The city later came to be called Franceville.




Contents






  • 1 Overview


  • 2 Population


  • 3 Climate


  • 4 Industry


  • 5 Education


  • 6 Notable residents


  • 7 International relations


    • 7.1 Twin towns – sister cities




  • 8 See also


  • 9 References


  • 10 Bibliography


  • 11 External links





Overview


Franceville was founded by Brazza on June 13, 1880. The former name was Masuku. As time went on, it became known as Franceville.[1]


Features of the town include St Hilaire's Church (built in 1899), a large statue of President Omar Bongo (who was born in Franceville), and a primate medical research institute. The town also has a golf course, while its airport lies 20 km west in Mvengué.


There is a market where numerous items can be purchased, including clothing, fruit and vegetables, electronics, meats, and the market also sells bushmeat, which includes African Rock Python, monkey and local species of animals.


The infrastructure of Franceville is overall of better quality than the rest of the country, most probably because of the city's significance.


There are a few hotels of which the best known is the Hotel Poubara, overlooking the President's holiday home.


Franceville also has many waterfalls. One of the best known is the Poubara Falls, which is co-located with a hydroelectric plant, which provides the area with constant electricity. President of Gabon Omar Bongo was buried in Franceville on June 18, 2009.



Population


The population was 31,183 in 1993.[2] The 2010 population was approximated to be around 56,000 people. Another population number is 42,967,[3] possibly retrieved following the disputed[2] census of 2003 (alternately a 2004 estimate[4]). Another recent estimate gives the population as 75,000.[5]



Climate


Franceville has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). There are a lot of thunderstorms in the city.







































































Climate data for Franceville
Month
 Jan
 Feb
 Mar
 Apr
 May
 Jun
 Jul
 Aug
 Sep
 Oct
 Nov
 Dec
 Year
Average high °C (°F)
 29
(85)
 30
(86)
 31
(87)
 31
(87)
 29
(85)
 28
(83)
 27
(81)
 28
(83)
 29
(85)
 29
(85)
 29
(85)
 29
(85)
 29
(85)
Average low °C (°F)
 20
(68)
 20
(68)
 20
(68)
 20
(68)
 20
(68)
 19
(66)
 18
(64)
 18
(65)
 19
(67)
 19
(67)
 19
(67)
 20
(68)
 19
(67)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
 160
(6.3)
 190
(7.5)
 220
(8.5)
 210
(8.3)
 210
(8.1)
 33
(1.3)
 7.6
(0.3)
 20
(0.8)
 110
(4.2)
 260
(10.4)
 250
(10)
 190
(7.6)
 1,860
(73.3)
Source: Weatherbase [6]




Industry


Franceville has a cement works.



Education


Schools include:


  • École publique conventionnée de Franceville[7]


Notable residents



  • Yannick Mitoumba - Olympic boxer


International relations


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Gabon


Twin towns – sister cities


Franceville is twinned with:



  • France Vire, France (since 1983)[8]


See also



  • Oklo

  • Natural nuclear fission reactor

  • Franceville, New Hebrides

  • Cement in Africa

  • Railway stations in Gabon



References





  1. ^ "Gabon : Franceville s'apprête à célébrer son 125ème anniversaire", Xinhua, May 21, 2005 (in French).


  2. ^ ab Gabon: Provinces, Major Cities & Localities. Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2012-01-24.


  3. ^ Franceville. GeoNames. Retrieved 2012-01-24.


  4. ^ City Data for Masuku. Wolfram|Alpha. Retrieved 2012-01-24.


  5. ^ Leclerc, Jacques: "Gabon". L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde. Retrieved 2012-01-24.


  6. ^
    "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Franceville, Gabon". Weatherbase. 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    Retrieved on November 24, 2011.


  7. ^ "École publique conventionnée de Franceville." AEFE. Retrieved on May 3, 2015.


  8. ^ "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26.




Bibliography


  • Maria Petringa, Brazza, A Life for Africa. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2006.
    ISBN 978-1-4259-1198-0


External links



  • Franceville map and weather


  • Mounana mine info at Mindat.org


  • Oklo mine info, site of over a dozen Precambrian natural nuclear reactors


Coordinates: 1°38′S 13°35′E / 1.633°S 13.583°E / -1.633; 13.583








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