Owendo

Owendo Ovendo
00°17′00″N 09°30′00″E / 0.28333°N 9.50000°E / 0.28333; 9.50000
Country	Gabon
Province	Estuaire Province
Population  (2013 Census)
• Total	79,300

Owendo is a port city in Gabon, forming a south western suburb of Libreville.

History

In 1978, the Trans-Gabon Railway was connected to the city.^[1]

In 2023, Fortescue Metals Group inked a deal to mine iron ore at Belinga using road and rail to reach the port of Owendo. Initially about 2m tonnes of ore would be carried.

Industry

Owendo has a cement works.

See also

• List of deep water ports [1]
• Cement in Africa

References

00°17′N 09°30′E / 0.283°N 9.500°E / 0.283; 9.500