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Photo: Shirmy25, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.How well do you know Libreville? Test your knowledge on the vibrant capital of Gabon, from its coastal rain forests and rich history to its unique local architecture and flavors.
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Libreville means 'free town'. In 1849 the French settled 52 people freed from a captured slave ship on this spot, and the newcomers even held an election to choose their own mayor. Today it is Gabon's capital and biggest city.
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The Komo River begins in Equatorial Guinea before flowing through northern Gabon and emptying into the Gabon Estuary right next to Libreville. While the Ogooué is Gabon's largest river, it discharges much further south near Port-Gentil.
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The Stade de l'Amitié (or Stade d'Angondjé) was built with cooperation from China and hosted the final matches of both the 2012 and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. It has a seating capacity of 40,000 spectators.
Photo: Ben Sutherland from Crystal Palace, London, UK, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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Akanda National Park protects some of the most important mangrove ecosystems in Central Africa, which serve as vital feeding grounds for thousands of migratory shorebirds. It is also home to diverse marine life, including sea turtles.
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This museum houses an exceptional collection of traditional Gabonese masks, especially from the Fang, Kota, and Punu peoples. These masks played a key role in spiritual ceremonies and deeply influenced European modern artists like Pablo Picasso.
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Pongara National Park lies just across the estuary from Libreville, and its beaches are an important nesting site for leatherbacks, the biggest turtles on Earth. A local conservation group watches over the females as they come ashore, guards the nests and runs a hatchery for the baby turtles.
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Libreville lies only about 40 kilometres north of the equator, which cuts straight across Gabon. That is why the city has hot, humid weather all year round, and day and night each last about 12 hours in every season.
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The church of Saint-Michel de Nkembo is famous for its more than 30 carved wooden columns, each showing scenes from the Old and New Testament. Most of the church's wall decoration is the work of Gabonese artist Zéphyrin Lendogno, and local stories even say the columns were carved by a blind craftsman.
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French admiral Édouard Bouët-Willaumez negotiated a treaty with the local Mpongwe ruler, King Denis (Antchoué Kowé Rapontchombo), establishing a French protectorate. This paved the way for the eventual founding of Libreville a decade later.
Photo: Eugène Disdéri, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Sibang Arboretum is a protected, 16-hectare patch of primary rainforest inside Libreville. It serves as a living laboratory housing hundreds of tree species native to Gabon, providing a rare green sanctuary inside a bustling capital.
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