Bongoville is a town in southeastern
Gabon, east of
Franceville. It was known as Lewai until it was renamed for
President Omar Bongo, who was born in what was then a village but was greatly enlarged under his presidency. It is just west of the
Bateke Plateau
The Teke people or Bateke, also known as the Tyo or Tio, are a Bantu Central African ethnic group that speak the Teke languages and that mainly inhabit the south, north, and center of the Republic of the Congo, the west of the Democratic Repu ...
and is home to
Stade de Bongoville
Stade (), officially the Hanseatic City of Stade (german: Hansestadt Stade, nds, Hansestadt Stood) is a city in Lower Saxony in northern Germany. First mentioned in records in 934, it is the seat of the district () which bears its name. It is l ...
, a 2,500-capacity stadium where the city's
AC Bongoville
AC Bongoville is a Gabonese football club based in Bongoville, Gabon. The club plays in Gabon Championnat National D1.
It started as Racing Club de Masuku. As a result of management changes, the club moved to Bongoville and was renamed AC Bong ...
football club plays its home games.
Populated places in Haut-Ogooué Province
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