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Port-Gentil () or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. The city is located on a delta island in the Ogooue delta. Nearby Cape Lopez is Gabon's westernmost point. As of 2013 census, it had a population of 136,462.

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Port-Gentil is a city in Gabon and serves as the capital of Ogooué-Maritime Province. The city is twinned with Wenzhou. Its residents are referred to as Port-gentillais or Port-gentillaise.

The city has a population of 154,632, while another source lists the population as 164,018. Port-Gentil is situated at an elevation of 3 meters according to one dataset and 4 meters according to another. It operates in the Africa/Libreville timezone.

Synthesized by Vinony from 45 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality
Port-Gentil
Region
Ogooué-Maritime
Country
Gabon
Population
164,018
Timezone
Africa/Libreville

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

54US AQIModerate
PM2.5
11.7 µg/m³
PM10
15.8 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-11 01:00 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

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Port-Gentil
Settlement.native_name
Mandji
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POG-From The Air.jpg
Settlement.image_shield
Coat of arms of Port-Gentil, Gabon.svg
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Gabon
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bottom
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Location in Gabon
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
25px Gabon
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Ogooue-Maritime
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bendje Department
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2013 census
Settlement.population_total
136462
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions

via Wikipedia infobox

Travel guide

Understand

Port-Gentil is Gabon's workhorse with offshore oil rigs and port activities humming around the city. Interestingly, Port-Gentil has no roadway connections with the rest of Gabon, and sits on a peninsula (island actually, if you consider that it is cut off from the mainland by the delta of the Ogooue River).

Get in

The connection with the rest of the world is maintained through * with transit to Libreville, and marine links, including a ferry service to Lambarene across the Ogooue River.

Sleep

Because of the oil and gas operations, lodging is kind of expensive here.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

~4 min read

Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • City districts
  • Climate
  • Transportation
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Places of worship
  • Notable residents
  • Gallery
  • References
  • Sources

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Port-Gentil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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