Libreville

Gabon

Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, located on the Gabon Estuary. Libreville occupies 65 square kilometres of the northwestern province of Estuaire. Libreville is also a port on the Gabon Estuary, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904.

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Country: Gabon
Population: 578,156
Latitude: 0.39° N
Longitude: 9.46° E

Which way is Libreville from…

From Paris, Libreville lies at 171° to the south, 5,433 km as the crow flies.

Paris	171° south	5,433 km
London	168° south	5,755 km
New York	94° east	9,429 km
Madrid	160° south	4,646 km
Rome	185° south	4,627 km
Montreal	95° east	9,434 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	289° west	5,527 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

From Oslo to Libreville, via Tunis, runs almost a single meridian: from Oslo as from Tunis, the compass reads 181°, due south. Gabon’s capital lies 43 km north of the equator. From London, aim south, at 168°, for 5,755 km. From Montreal, a flat map would say 121°, south-east; the compass reads 95°, due east.