Pointe-Noire (pwăNt-nwär), city (1984 pop. 294,203), SW Republic of the Congo, Africa, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Offshore oil drilling and oil refining are the city's most important economic activities. The port exports oil, tropical timber, cotton, palm products, peanuts, and coffee. Plywood, aluminum ware, and soap are manufactured, and there are shipbuilding and food-processing industries. The city is also a noted center for sport fishing. Founded in 1883, it acquired importance only after the completion (1948) of the railroad to Brazzaville and the construction (1934–39) of an artificial harbor. From 1950 until 1958 it was the capital of the French Congo.

Pointe-Noire

City (pop., 1992 est.: 576,206) and port, southwestern Republic of the Congo. It was the capital (1950–58) of the Middle Congo region of French Equatorial Africa. With independence in 1958, it was replaced by Brazzaville as the national capital, but it remained important for trade. Its port facilities were completed in 1939 and expanded during World War II. The country's second largest city, it is a principal port and commercial centre, especially for the oil industry.

Pointe-Noire

a port in S Congo-Brazzaville, on the Atlantic: the country's chief port and former capital (1950--58). Pop.: 638 000 (2005 est.)

Pointe-Noire

a city in the western Congo. Population, 135,000 (1970, including suburbs). Pointe-Noire is an important port on the Atlantic Ocean (freight turnover 4 million tons in 1972), handling the Congo’s foreign trade and part of the trade of Gabon (manganese-ore export), the Central African Empire, and Chad. The city is linked by rail with Brazzaville and has an international airport. Major industries are food processing (brewery, vegetable-oil mill, fish cannery); sawmilling; the production of veneer, chemicals, and footwear; and metal-working. There are shipyards and a fishing industry. Pointe-Noire has a thermoelectric power plant. Oil is drilled (primarily on the shelf) in the vicinity of the city, and potash salt is extracted (in Holle-St. Paul).

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Energy from the revitalized hydro-electric plant will also supply MagMetals Inc, another subsidiary of MagIndustries, with needed power for a new magnesium smelter near Point-Noire, West Africa's best deep-water port.

MagIndustries and Congo Governments Unveil Newest Development ... by Business Wire

The Kouilou Project will be located in the Republic of Congo's international port and energy complex at Point-Noire one of West Africa's best deep-water harbours.

MagAlloy Announces Off-Take Arrangement by Business Wire

The construction of an initial 50-megawatt gas powered electrical plant at Point-Noire is expected to begin shortly.

Magnesium Alloy Corporation - Peace Accord in The Republic of Congo ... by Business Wire

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