Franceville - Citizendia

Franceville or Masuku is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of around 22,000 people. Gabon (gəˈbɒn or /gaˈbõ/ in French) is a country in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Republic It lies on the River Mpassa and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. The Mpassa River is a Tributary of the Ogooue River. It flows in Gabon, and passes through Franceville. The Trans-Gabon Railway (Transgabonais is the only Railway in Gabon. The N3 road is one of the National highways of Gabon. It connects to the east of the country along the centre It grew from a village named Masuku when Savorgnan de Brazza chose it to resettle former slaves and renamed it in 1880. Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà, best known as Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza ( January 26, 1852 - September 14, As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year

Features of the town include St Hilaire's Church (built in 1899), a large statue of Omar Bongo and a primate medical research institute. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo on 30 December 1935) became President of Gabon in 1967 A primate is a member of the biological order Primates ( Latin: "prime first rank" the group that contains Lemurs the Aye-aye Biomedical research (or experimental medicine) in general simply known as medical research, is the Basic research or Applied research conducted The town also has a golf course, while its airport lies 20km west in Mvengué. A golf course consists of a series of holes each consisting of a Teeing ground, Fairway, rough and other hazards and a green with a pin and cup all designed for M'Vengue El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba International Airport is an airport in Franceville, Gabon.

There is a market where numerous items can be purchased, including clothing, fruit and vegetables, electronics, meats, and the market also sells bushmeat, which includes African Rock Python, monkey and local species of animals. Common names African rock python rock python African python Python sebae is a non-venomous python Species A monkey is any member of either the New World monkeys or Old World monkeys two of the three groupings of Simian Primates the third group being

The infrastructure of Franceville is of much better quality than other African countries, and the roads are well maintained, and the city is beautiful and clean.

There are a couple of hotels of which the best known is the Hotel Poubara, overlooking the president's holiday (vacation) home.

Franceville also has numerous beautiful waterfalls, of which the best known is the Poubara Falls, which is co-located with a hydroelectric plant, which provides the area with constant and good quality electricity.

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