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Libreville

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Libreville , city (1993 est. pop. 362,400), capital of Gabon, a port on the Gabon River estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. Primarily an administrative center, it is also a trade center for a lumbering region. The city was founded in 1843 as a French trading station. Freed slaves were sent there, and in 1848 it was named Libreville [Fr.,=freetown]. It was the chief port of French Equatorial Africa before the development (1934-46) of Pointe-Noire , in the Congo. Gabon's school of administration and school of law are in Libreville. An international airport is nearby. Author not available,... Read more
Libreville
Libreville Capital and largest city of Gabon, w central Africa, at the mouth of the River Gabon, on the Gulf of Guinea. Founded by the French in 1843, and named Libreville (Fr. Freetown) in 1849, it was initially a refuge for escaped slaves. The city expanded with the development of the country... Read more
Libreville
Libreville, Gabon Fort d'Aumâle ‘Free Town’. In 1843 the French established a trading post with a fort here named after... Read more

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Welcome to Libreville, the capital of Gabon where the cost of living is as high as London
; ...expensive cities - where it has joined Libreville, the capital of Gabon, in joint sixth...Though many people have never heard of Libreville, its ranking as one of the world's most...imported and the prices are inflated. Libreville has always been one of the most expensive... Read more
France Says Libreville
; France today described as "insufficient" the nine-hour mediation meeting on the crisis of the Republic of Congo held Monday in Libreville, Gabon. "It could be difficult to be otherwise with so little time," said French Foreign Ministry spokesman Jacques Rummelhardt... Read more
August in Libreville?
; Members of Congress who accompanied former K Street lobbying powerhouse Jack Abramoff on golf trips to Scotland in the summer of 2003 might have looked for another junket instead if they had seen this three-page pitch letter Abramoff wrote on July 28 that year to Gabonese President Omar Bongo. Read more
Gabon leader accused of luring Miss Peru
; ...Associated Press Thursday, February 5, 2004 Libreville, Gabon -- Peru is investigating claims...Wednesday by telephone from the capital, Libreville, he was unaware of the allegations by...just hours after arriving Jan. 17 in Libreville with her boyfriend, Ivette Santa Maria... Read more
South Africans in Chad being flown to safety as rebels threaten to resume attack.(News)
; ...rebels were due to fly to safety in Libreville in Gabon last night. Another South African had landed earlier in Libreville on a French evacuation flight. Four...another South African had made it to Libreville, capital of Gabon. On photographs... Read more
Mobutu puts off Zaire return // Ailing leader won't run in elections
; LIBREVILLE, Gabon Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko kept his plane...African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki was expected in Libreville in the evening for talks with Mobutu. Earlier Friday...Thursday, Mobutu met with five other African leaders in Libreville and emerged with a document in which he called on ... Read more
Zambian Soccer Team in Air Crash
; LIBREVILLE, Gabon A Zambian military aircraft carrying the country...crashed into the sea today minutes after takeoff from Libreville. All 30 people on board were feared dead. Gabonese troops...Cup qualifying match Sunday, had stopped to refuel in Libreville. It had advanced to the second round of African ... Read more
IN BRIEF (Page: 7, Date: 06/09/2004)
; LIBREVILLE Plane with 27 people crashes A passenger plane carrying at least 27 people...helicopter helped rescue at least 10 passengers who were taken to a hospital in Libreville, the capital of the central African country. The plane was travelling from Libreville to Franceville in the southeast of the ... Read more
Despite oil billions, some African states neglect basic healthcare.(News)
; BYLINE: Daniel Flynn LIBREVILLE: The crowd of African women are...state-of-the-art new military clinic in Libreville where Bongo has a private suite...income distributions in the world. In Libreville, a flood of migrants from the countryside... Read more
WHO: Ebola Cause 43 Deaths in Gabon Since Last July
; ...occurred in the area of Booue, 470 kilometers east of Libreville, capital of Gabon, but there have also been cases in Libreville itself, said WHO. The most recent case died in a Libreville hospital on January 8, 1997. As of that date, 167 people... Read more

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