Bongoville is a town in south eastern Gabon, lying east of Franceville. It was known as Lewai until its renaming for PresidentOmar Bongo, who was born in what was then a village but was greatly enlarged under his presidency. It lies just west of the Bateke Plateau and is home to a large stadium. Franceville is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of around 22,000 people. ... List of Heads of State of Gabon (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Sources http://www. ... This article refers to the Gabonese politician, for the Indonesian instrument see Instruments - Omar El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (formerly Albert-Bernard Bongo) (born December 30, 1935 in Lewai - now Bongoville) has been the President of Gabon since 1967. ... The Olympia Stadium: start and finish lines visible, defining the length of one stadium (in this case 192. ...
Back to hotel at 1300; drove to Bongoville at 1500 but thwarted by rain so back to hotel before dusk.
Then it was back to Bongoville where White-fronted and Black Bee-eaters made it an incredible seven bee-eaters in six hours, but the seven did not include Black-headed, here at one of the most reliable sites for this bird on earth.
Fortunately we could only imagine what a tragedy it would have been had Ed not squeezed that one out at Petit Loango, for our time in Gabon was up and we had to get to Franceville for our flight to Libreville and then make the connecting flight to São Tomé.
Bongoville is a town in south eastern Gabon, lying east of Franceville.
It was known as Lewai until its renaming for President Omar Bongo, who was born in what was then a village but was greatly enlarged under his presidency.
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