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Pointe-Noire Department

Pointe-Noire is the second largest city of the . It is a major sea port and a tourist destination. The town has a very French feel to it because of the colonial past and the large number of French expatriates and tourists.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Agostinho-Neto International Airport and Stade Municipal.

Aerodrome
Antonio-Agostinho-Neto International Airport is an airport serving , a coastal city in the . The runway is surrounded by the densely populated city, and is 3 kilometres inland from the Atlantic shore.

Stadium
Photo: Dorellkongo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-use in , . It is used for football matches and serves as the home of Association Sportive des Cheminots and Jeunesse Sportive les Bougainvillées. It holds over 13,000 spectators.

Railway station
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Pointe-Noire train station is a Congolese railway station on the Pointe-Noire-Brazzaville line. With the train station of Brazzaville, it is one of the two terminus of this line at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, in the department of .

Pointe-Noire Department

Latitude
-4.7903° or 4° 47′ 25″ south
Longitude
11.8762° or 11° 52′ 34″ east
Population
715,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
6F7H6V5G+VF
Geo­Names ID
7280295
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In Other Languages

“Pointe-Noire Department” goes by many names.
  • Kongo: “Ndindi”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Pointe-Noire Department”. Photo: Allen Chouyy, CC BY-SA 4.0.