Pointe-Noire is the second largest city and main economic centre in the Republic of the Congo, with a population of 1,420,612 inhabitants in 2023. Since the 2002 constitution, it is also an autonomous department and a commune; before this date it was the capital of the Kouilou region (now a separate department). It is situated on a headland between Pointe-Noire Bay and the Atlantic Ocean and is located near the border with Angola.
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The coat of arms of the city of Pointe-Noire can be described as, "Gold at the point of sand accompanied by two silver oars, the handle gules, laid in chevron poured, the tip and oars moving from a sea of azure wavy three streams of silver"
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Towns around Pointe-Noire
- Loandjili2.3 km N
- Buco Zau76 km E
- Cabinda95 km SE
- Belize101 km E
- Dolisie110 km NE
- Tshela123 km E
- Moanda140 km SE
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