Bongoville
Bongoville is a town in southeastern Gabon, east of Franceville. It was known as Lewai until it was renamed for President Omar Bongo, who was born in what was then a village but was greatly enlarged under his presidency.- Town with about 6,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 480 metres (1,590 feet)
- Description: city in Gabon
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Latitude
-1.64575° or 1° 38′ 45″ south
Longitude
13.86001° or 13° 51′ 36″ east
Open location code
6FCM9V36+P2
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Bongoville” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بونغوفيل”
- Asturian: “Bongoville”
- Basque: “Bongoville”
- Bulgarian: “Бонговил”
- Catalan: “Bongoville”
- Chinese: “邦戈维尔”
- Danish: “Bongoville”
- Dutch: “Bongoville”
- Estonian: “Bongoville”
- Finnish: “Bongoville”
- French: “Bongoville”
- German: “Bongoville”
- Greek: “Μπόγκοβιλ”
- Hebrew: “בונגוויל”
- Italian: “Bongoville”
- Japanese: “ボンゴヴィル”
- Korean: “봉고빌”
- Lithuanian: “Bongovilis”
- Polish: “Bongoville”
- Russian: “Бонговиль”
- Spanish: “Bongoville”
- Swedish: “Bongoville”
- Urdu: “بونگوویل”
- Zulu: “Bongoville”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mairie de Bongoville and Conseil Départemental de la Djouori-Agnili.
Gabon: Highlights
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