Lambaréné

Lambaréné

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Lambaréné
other_name =
native_name =
nickname =
settlement_type =
motto =


imagesize =
image_caption =


flag_size =
image_

seal_size =
image_shield =
shield_size =
image_blank_emblem =
blank_emblem_type =
blank_emblem_size =


mapsize =
map_caption =


mapsize1 =
map_caption1 =
image_dot_

dot_mapsize =
dot_map_caption =
dot_x = |dot_y =
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position =bottom
pushpin_mapsize =300
pushpin_map_caption =Location in Gabon
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = flag|Gabon
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Moyen-Ogooué
subdivision_type2 = Department
subdivision_name2 =
subdivision_type3 =
subdivision_name3 =
subdivision_type4 =
subdivision_name4 =
government_footnotes =
government_type =
leader_title =
leader_name =
leader_title1 =
leader_name1 =
leader_title2 =
leader_name2 =
leader_title3 =
leader_name3 =
leader_title4 =
leader_name4 =
established_title =
established_date =
established_title2 =
established_date2 =
established_title3 =
established_date3 =
area_magnitude =
unit_pref =Imperial
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 =
area_land_km2 =
area_water_km2 =
area_total_sq_mi =
area_land_sq_mi =
area_water_sq_mi =
area_water_percent =
area_urban_km2 =
area_urban_sq_mi =
area_metro_km2 =
area_metro_sq_mi =
area_blank1_title =
area_blank1_km2 =
area_blank1_sq_mi =
population_as_of =
population_footnotes =
population_note =
population_total =
population_density_km2 =
population_density_sq_mi =
population_metro =
population_density_metro_km2 =
population_density_metro_sq_mi =
population_urban =
population_density_urban_km2 =
population_density_urban_sq_mi =
population_blank1_title =Ethnicities
population_blank1 =
population_blank2_title =Religions
population_blank2 =
population_density_blank1_km2 =
population_density_blank1_sq_mi =
timezone =
utc_offset =
timezone_DST =
utc_offset_DST =
latd=0|latm=41|lats=18 |latNS=N
longd=10|longm=13|longs=55|longEW=E
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m =
elevation_ft =
postal_code_type =
postal_code =
area_code =
blank_name =
blank_info =
blank1_name =
blank1_info =
website =
footnotes =

Lambaréné is the capital of the political district Moyen-Ogooué in Gabon. The city counts 24.000 inhabitants and is located a few kilometres south of the equator. Lambaréné is based in the Central African Rainforest at the river Ogooué. This river divides the city into 3 districts: Rive Gauche, Ile Lambaréné and Rive Droite. The average temperature is 27°C. The rainy season starts in October and ends in June (including a short dry season in December/January. The long dry season is from July to September.

Albert Schweitzer (Nobel Peace Prize winner) founded the world- renowned hospital in Lambaréné in 1913. Today, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital hosts departments for Internal Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, a maternity clinic, a dentistry clinic and since 1981 a Medical Research Unit, which focuses on malaria research. [ [http://www.lambarene.org Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital Lambaréné] ]

The hospital and the districts Adouma und Abongo are located on Rive Droite. The districts Atongowanga, Sahoty, Dakar, Grand Village, Château, Lalala and Bordamur build the Ile Lambaréné. The majority of the people in Lambaréné live in the district Isaac located on Rive Gauche. This district hosts the Lambaréné Airport.

Today there are mainly Bantu ethnic groups such as the Fang, Bapounou, Eshira, Myéné living in Lambaréné, who displaced the Pygmies to the east and north of Gabon.

The main economy is the fishery. A new port is under construction.

Notable residents

* André Raponda Walker, the anthropologist and priest worked near. [http://rapondawalker.free.fr/QUI%20EST%20RAPONDA%20WALKER.htm Biography of Raponds Walker] , accessed 11 August 2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.lambarene.org Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital Lambaréné]
* [http://www.auslandsdienst.at/sozialdienst/deutsch/stellen/stelle42.php4 Austrian Social Service in Lambaréne]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Lambaréné — Lambaréné …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lambarene — Lambaréné in der Provinz Moyen Ogooué Lambaréné ist der Hauptort der Provinz Moyen Ogooué in Gabun. Die 24.000 Einwohner zählende Stadt liegt nur wenige Kilometer südlich des Äquators inmitten des zentralafrikanischen Regenwaldes am Fluss Ogooué …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lambarene — Lambaréné 00°41′18″N 10°13′55″E / 0.68833, 10.23194 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Lambaréné — es la capital de la provincia Moyen Ogooué al oeste de Gabón y el mayor centro político, médico y económico de la región. Se ubica dentro de una isla del río Ogooué a unos 250 km de la capital Libreville, por lo que posee un puerto lacuestre para …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lambaréné — ville du Gabon sur l Ogooué; 26 257 hab.; ch. l. de la prov. du Moyen Ogooué. Centre médical fondé par le docteur Schweitzer. Aux alentours, nombreux lacs; palmeraies …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Lambaréné — 0°42′5″S 10°14′4″E / 0.70139, 10.23444 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Lambaréné — ▪ Gabon  city, west central Gabon, located on an island in the Ogooué River at a point where the river is over half a mile wide. It is a trading and lumbering centre with a steamboat landing, an airport, and road connections to Kango, Ndjolé, and …   Universalium

  • Lambarene — Lam|ba|re|ne: Ort in Gabun (Wirkungsstätte Albert Schweitzers). * * * Lambarene,   Lambaréné [lãbare ne], Stadt in Gabun, auf einer Insel im Unterlauf des Ogowe, 24 000 Einwohner; Verwaltungssitz einer Provinz; Flugplatz. In der Umgebung… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Lambaréné — noun The capital of the political district Moyen‐Ogooué in Gabon. When I left next morning the Doctor came with me in the pirogue all the way to the embarcadère at Lambaréné […] …   Wiktionary

  • Lambarene — Original name in latin Lambarn Name in other language Lambarene, Lambarn Ламбарене State code GA Continent/City Africa/Libreville longitude 0.7001 latitude 10.24055 altitude 26 Population 20714 Date 2011 08 25 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”