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Transport and Foreign Trade in Port-Gentil: economic capital of Gabon (Ogooué-Maritim, Bendjé)

Port-Gentil (Mandji) is the capital of the Ogooué Maritime province of Gabon (Central Africa)

  1. Population of Port-Gentil: 137,000 inhabitants (the second Gabonese city)
    1. 1947: 4,500
    2. 1960: 21,000
  2. Port-Gentil is the Gabonese economic capital: 75% of the Gabonese GDP
  3. The main economic activities in Port-Gentil are port activities, oil industry and wood industry
    1. SOGARA (Gabonese Refining Company)
    2. Natural gas refinery
  4. The city centre is next to the port, in Port-Gentil Bay.

Transport and Logistics in Port-Gentil (Gabon)

Port-Gentil is the main Gabonese maritime port

  1. Port-Gentil is located on the island of Mandji; no bridge connects it to the mainland.

Project: Road from Port-Gentil to Omboué

Distances from Port-Gentil to:

  1. Libreville: 144 kilometres - neither road available, only by Air or ship
  2. Franceville (Moanda)- neither road available: three hours by air

Port-Gentil International Airport

Logistics: Ports of Gabon

Logistics: Port-Gentil (Gabon, Business, Trade) Gabon - Port-Gentil

  1. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
  2. Doctorate in African Business

Gabon Port-Gentil (Business)

More information: Trade and Business in Gabon, at EENI Global Business School Website.

Logistics, Trade and Business in Gabon

  1. Gabonese Province: Ogooué Maritime (capital)
  2. Gabonese Department: Bendjé (141,000 inhabitants)
  3. The main religion in Port-Gentil is Christianity
    1. Diocese of Port-Gentil
  4. Climate of Port-Gentil: tropical
  5. 1900: creation of Port-Gentil

Ogooué Maritime province (Gabon)

The capital of the Gabonese Ogooué Maritime province is Port-Gentil

  1. Population of the Ogooué-Maritim province: 157,000 inhabitants (the second Gabonese most populated province)
  2. Area of the Ogooué-Maritim province: 22,890 km²
  3. Contiguous Provinces: Estuary, Moyen-Ogooué, Nyanga and Ngounié
  4. Main economic activities: oil and forestry exploitation.

The three departments of the Ogooué Maritime province are:

  1. Bendjé (Port-Gentil)
  2. Etimboué (Omboué)
  3. Ndougou (Gamba)

Higher Education in Port-Gentil (Gabon)

  1. Institute of Petroleum and Gas of Gabon (IPG)

Business in Africa (Spanish) Port-Gentil (Gabón) Trade and Business in Africa (French) Port-Gentil, Gabon eLearning Tertiary education in Portuguese Port-Gentil (Gabão)



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