Editing Pointe-Noire (section)

{{short description|City, department and commune of the Republic of the Congo}}
{{About|the city in the Republic of the Congo|the village in Guadeloupe|Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe|the port in Canada|Pointe-Noire, Quebec}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
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<!-- Basic info  ---------------->| official_name      = Pointe-Noire
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| native_name        = Njinji ([[Kongo language|Kongo]])<!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
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| motto              = [[Labor omnia vincit|Labor improbus omnia vincit]]
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| subdivision_name   = [[File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg|25px]] [[Republic of the Congo]]
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Pointe-Noire Department]]
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| subdivision_name2  = Pointe-Noire
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| leader_name        = [[Jean-François Kando]] ([[Congolese Labour Party|PCT]])
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| established_date   = 1883
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| population_total   = 1420612 <ref>{{Cite web |last=BOKOLO |first=Guilesse |date=2024-01-08 |title=RESULTATS PRELIMINAIRES |url=https://ins-congo.cg/download/resultats-preliminaires/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=INS-CONGO BRAZZAVILLE |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
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| elevation_m        = 14
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| area_code          = 242
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| blank_name_sec1    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank_info_sec1    = 0.614<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{cite web |title=Subnational HDI (v7.0) |url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/COG/ |website=Global_Data_Lab |access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref> · {{color|#fc0|medium}} · [[List of departments of the Republic of the Congo by Human Development Index|2nd of 12]]
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'''Pointe-Noire''' ({{IPA|fr|pwɛ̃t.nwaʁ}}; {{langx|kg|Njinji}}, {{langx|fr|Ndjindji}} with the letter d following French spelling standards<ref name=PNCongo >{{cite web|url= https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_5/b_fdi_18-19/25882.pdf |language=fr|title=Toponymie sur la ville de Pointe Noire |work= Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique Pour Le Développement en Coopération |author=Jean Dello |year=1988 |page=11 |access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jeuneafrique.com/141620/societe/pointe-noire-il-tait-une-fois-ndji-ndji/ |language=fr|title= Pointe-Noire : il était une fois Ndji-Ndji |work= JeuneAfrique |author=Cécile Manciaux |year=2012 |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref><ref>Marcel Poaty et Paulin Roch Beapami et l’Alliance biblique du Congo (ABC), ''Kutaangë i Kusonikë Civili : Lire et écrire le Civili'', SIL-Congo (Société internationale de linguistique, antenne Congo), 2018, p. 37</ref>) is the second largest city in the [[Republic of the Congo]], following the capital of [[Brazzaville]], and an autonomous [[Departments of the Republic of the Congo|department]] and a [[Communes of the Republic of the Congo|commune]] since the 2002 Constitution.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sgg.cg/JO/2002/congo-jo-2002-01-sp.pdf |title=Constitution du 20 janvier 2002 |date=2002-02-01 |format=PDF |page=20 |publisher={{lang|fr|Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement, Journal Officiel}} |website=sgg.cg |access-date=2023-08-21 |language=fr }}</ref> Before this date it was the capital of the [[Kouilou Department|Kouilou]] region (now a separate department). It is situated on a headland between [[Pointe-Noire Bay]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Pointe-Noire is the main commercial centre of the country and had a population of 1,420,612 inhabitants in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congo (Rep.): Departments, Major Cities & Urban Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/congo/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>