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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A5%E1%88%AB%E1%8B%9B%E1%89%AA%E1%88%8D" title="ብራዛቪል – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ብራዛቪል" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84" title="برازافيل – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="برازافيل" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Avañe&#039;ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzavil" title="Brazzavil – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Brazzavil" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2" title="ব্রাজাভিল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ব্রাজাভিল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Браззавиль – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Браззавиль" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Бразавіль – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бразавіль" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Бразавіль – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Бразавіль" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB" title="Бразавил – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бразавил" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%96%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9B%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8D" title="བ་ར་ཛ་བི་ལི། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="བ་ར་ཛ་བི་ལི།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville_(ulohang_dakbayan_sa_Republika_sa_Konggo)" title="Brazzaville (ulohang dakbayan sa Republika sa Konggo) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Brazzaville (ulohang dakbayan sa Republika sa Konggo)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1hook%C7%ABsj%C3%AD_Tee%C5%82tah_Hahazteel" title="Náhookǫsjí Teełtah Hahazteel – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Náhookǫsjí Teełtah Hahazteel" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%AF%CE%BB" title="Μπραζαβίλ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπραζαβίλ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazavilo" title="Brazavilo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Brazavilo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84" title="برازاویل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="برازاویل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EC%9E%90%EB%B9%8C" title="브라자빌 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="브라자빌" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%AC" title="Բրազավիլ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բրազավիլ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87" title="ब्राज़िविले – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ब्राज़िविले" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Браззавиль – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Браззавиль" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBrazzaville" title="IBrazzaville – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="IBrazzaville" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%96%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C" title="ברזוויל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ברזוויל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C9%A9razaviili" title="Pɩrazaviili – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Pɩrazaviili" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ბრაზავილი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბრაზავილი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Браззавиль – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Браззавиль" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balazavile" title="Balazavile – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Balazavile" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazavil" title="Brazavil – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Brazavil" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Браззавиль – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Браззавиль" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzapolis" title="Brazzapolis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Brazzapolis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazavila" title="Brazavila – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Brazavila" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazavilis" title="Brazavilis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Brazavilis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazavile" title="Blazavile – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Blazavile" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzavil" title="Brazzavil – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Brazzavil" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB" title="Бразавил – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Бразавил" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86" title="ബ്രാസവില്ലെ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബ്രാസവില്ലെ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2" title="ब्राझाव्हिल – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ब्राझाव्हिल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ბრაზავილი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბრაზავილი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84" title="برازافيل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="برازافيل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84" title="برازاویل – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="برازاویل" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Браззавиль – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Браззавиль" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%98%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC%E1%80%87%E1%80%AC%E1%80%97%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="ဘရာဇာဗီးလ်မြို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဘရာဇာဗီးလ်မြို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B6%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB" title="ブラザヴィル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ブラザヴィル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Браззавиль – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Браззавиль" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazavil" title="Brazavil – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Brazavil" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzavil" title="Brazzavil – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Brazzavil" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B2" title="ਬ੍ਰਾਜ਼ਾਵਿਲ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬ੍ਰਾਜ਼ਾਵਿਲ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%92" title="برازاولے – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="برازاولے" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84" title="برازاویل – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="برازاویل" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%9B" title="ប្រាហ្សាវីល – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ប្រាហ្សាវីល" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazavile" title="Brazavile – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Brazavile" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Бразавіль – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Бразавіль" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Браззавиль – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Браззавиль" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%9E" title="ᱵᱨᱟᱡᱟᱵᱷᱤᱞ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱵᱨᱟᱡᱟᱵᱷᱤᱞ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barasafille" title="Barasafille – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Barasafille" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%DA%A4%DB%8C%D9%84" title="برازاڤیل – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="برازاڤیل" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB" title="Бразавил – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Бразавил" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF" title="பிராசவில்லி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பிராசவில்லி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A5" title="บราซาวีล – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="บราซาวีล" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB" title="Браззавил – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Браззавил" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chy mw-list-item"><a href="https://chy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Cheyenne" lang="chy" hreflang="chy" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Tsetsêhestâhese" data-language-local-name="Cheyenne" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tsetsêhestâhese</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Браззавиль – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Браззавиль" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Браззавіль – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Браззавіль" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84" title="برازاویل – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="برازاویل" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzavil%27" title="Brazzavil&#039; – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Brazzavil&#039;" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Brazzaville" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a 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.references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">&#91;bʁazavil&#93;</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Kongo_language" title="Kongo language">Kongo</a>: <i lang="kg">Ntamo, Ntambo, Kintamo, Kintambo, Tandala, Mavula</i>; <a href="/wiki/Teke_languages" title="Teke languages">Teke</a>: <i>M'fa</i>, <i>Mfaa</i>, <i>Mfa</i>, <i>Mfoa</i><sup id="cite_ref-cybriwsky2013_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cybriwsky2013-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) is the <a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">capital</a> and largest city of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a> (Congo Republic). Administratively, it is a <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Departments of the Republic of the Congo">department</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Communes of the Republic of the Congo">commune</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Constituting the financial and administrative centre of the country, it is located on the north side of the <a href="/wiki/Congo_River" title="Congo River">Congo River</a>, opposite <a href="/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a>, the capital city of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> (DR Congo). </p><p>The population of the capital is estimated to exceed 2.1 million residents, comprising more than a third of the national populace. Some 40% are employed in non-agricultural professions. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Brazzaville served as the de facto capital of <a href="/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Free France</a> between 1940 and 1942. </p><p>In 2013, Brazzaville was designated a <a href="/wiki/City_of_Music_(UNESCO)" title="City of Music (UNESCO)">City of Music</a> by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>; since then it has also been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Creative_Cities_Network" title="Creative Cities Network">Creative Cities Network</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kindepuisbrazza.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Kindepuisbrazza.jpg/220px-Kindepuisbrazza.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Kindepuisbrazza.jpg/330px-Kindepuisbrazza.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Kindepuisbrazza.jpg/440px-Kindepuisbrazza.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a> seen from Brazzaville. The two capitals are separated by the <a href="/wiki/Congo_River" title="Congo River">Congo River</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brazzaville,_Republic_of_the_Congo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Brazzaville%2C_Republic_of_the_Congo.jpg/220px-Brazzaville%2C_Republic_of_the_Congo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Brazzaville%2C_Republic_of_the_Congo.jpg/330px-Brazzaville%2C_Republic_of_the_Congo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Brazzaville%2C_Republic_of_the_Congo.jpg/440px-Brazzaville%2C_Republic_of_the_Congo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3032" data-file-height="2008" /></a><figcaption>View of Brazzaville from space</figcaption></figure> <p>Brazzaville covers a large area to the north of the <a href="/wiki/Congo_River" title="Congo River">Congo River</a>, just below the <a href="/wiki/Pool_Malebo" title="Pool Malebo">Pool Malebo</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mbamu" title="Mbamu">Mbamu</a>, a large island within the Pool, is part of the Republic of Congo's territory. </p><p>Brazzaville is 506&#160;km (314&#160;mi) inland from the Atlantic Ocean and approximately 474&#160;km (295&#160;mi) south of the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">equator</a>. Around the city are large plains. The town is relatively flat, and situated at an altitude of 317&#160;m (1,040&#160;ft). Downriver the Congo has numerous rapids, known as Livingston Falls, preventing navigation upriver to this point from its mouth at the Atlantic. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a>, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is located on the southern bank of the Congo, directly across from Brazzaville. To distinguish between the two African countries that have "Congo" in their names, the Republic of the Congo is sometimes called Congo-Brazzaville, as opposed to Congo-Kinshasa. Kinshasa is more than five times larger than Brazzaville in population. This is the only place in the world where two national <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital cities</a> developed on opposite banks of a river, within sight of each other.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2018, the "Brazzaville Declaration" was signed to promote better management and conservation of the <a href="/wiki/Cuvette_Centrale" title="Cuvette Centrale">Cuvette Centrale</a>, a region in <a href="/wiki/Congo_Basin" title="Congo Basin">Congo Basin</a> and primarily in DRC. It is the world's largest tropical <a href="/wiki/Peatland" title="Peatland">peatland</a>, made up of swamp forests. Conservation of this area is important for the survival of megafauna, and also critical to the world's climate. Burning the peat would release too much carbon and raise the Earth's temperature. The declaration to save peatlands as the world's largest terrestrial organic carbon stock was signed by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, which also has peatlands.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Brazzaville" title="Timeline of Brazzaville">Timeline of Brazzaville</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brazzaville-Le_March%C3%A9.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Brazzaville-Le_March%C3%A9.jpg/220px-Brazzaville-Le_March%C3%A9.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Brazzaville-Le_March%C3%A9.jpg/330px-Brazzaville-Le_March%C3%A9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Brazzaville-Le_March%C3%A9.jpg/440px-Brazzaville-Le_March%C3%A9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1634" data-file-height="1040" /></a><figcaption>Brazzaville Market in 1905</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gare_de_Brazzaville_en_1941.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gare_de_Brazzaville_en_1941.jpg/220px-Gare_de_Brazzaville_en_1941.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gare_de_Brazzaville_en_1941.jpg/330px-Gare_de_Brazzaville_en_1941.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Gare_de_Brazzaville_en_1941.jpg/440px-Gare_de_Brazzaville_en_1941.jpg 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="597" /></a><figcaption>Brazzaville railway station in 1941</figcaption></figure> <p>Brazzaville was founded by the <a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire">French colonial empire</a> upon an existing indigenous <a href="/wiki/Bateke" class="mw-redirect" title="Bateke">Bateke</a> settlement called Ncuna, during the <a href="/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa" title="Scramble for Africa">Scramble for Africa</a> when European nations established spheres of influence on the continent.<sup id="cite_ref-Scramble1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scramble1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Italian-born explorer <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Savorgnan_de_Brazza" title="Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza">Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> who was granted French citizenship in 1874, officially founded the settlement on 10 September 1880; it commemorates his name.<sup id="cite_ref-cybriwsky2013_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cybriwsky2013-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Scramble1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scramble1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The local <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">King</a>, Makoko of the Téké, signed a treaty of protection with Brazza, which subjugated his lands to the <a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire">French Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Scramble1_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scramble1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> From October 1880 until May 1882, a small squad of troops led by Senegalese Sergeant <a href="/wiki/Malamine_Camara" title="Malamine Camara">Malamine Camara</a> occupied the site, in order to prevent the land from falling into Belgian hands. Their forces were active on the south side of the river, where King Leopold II ruled the Belgian Congo for a period as a private holding. The first large-scale building work of the city began four years later, as the French competed with <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9opoldville" class="mw-redirect" title="Léopoldville">Léopoldville</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a>) which Belgian colonists were developing on the south side of the river.<sup id="cite_ref-Scramble1_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scramble1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Conference" title="Berlin Conference">Berlin Conference</a> of 1884 placed French control over this area on an official footing. The city became the capital of the <a href="/wiki/French_Congo" title="French Congo">French Congo</a> in 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyc1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyc1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It continued as capital when <a href="/wiki/French_Equatorial_Africa" title="French Equatorial Africa">French Equatorial Africa</a> was founded in 1910, as a federation of French colonial states: it included <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chad" title="Chad">Chad</a> until 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyc1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyc1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> From 1910 to 1915 the major municipal buildings were constructed, including a courthouse and headquarters for the Banque de l'AEF and Institut Pasteur.<sup id="cite_ref-YoulouDianzinga2006_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YoulouDianzinga2006-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1934, the <a href="/wiki/Congo%E2%80%93Ocean_Railway" title="Congo–Ocean Railway">Congo–Ocean Railway</a> opened, linking Brazzaville with the Atlantic port of <a href="/wiki/Pointe-Noire" title="Pointe-Noire">Pointe-Noire</a> and bypassing the rapids on the Congo River. Construction of the railway resulted in the deaths of more than 17,000 Africans, and the people revolted against the French in 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During World War II, Brazzaville and the rest of <a href="/wiki/French_Equatorial_Africa" title="French Equatorial Africa">French Equatorial Africa</a> remained beyond the control of <a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a>, which served the Nazi occupation. The city served as the capital of <a href="/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Free France</a> from 1940 to 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-YoulouDianzinga2006_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YoulouDianzinga2006-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1944, Brazzaville hosted a meeting of the <a href="/wiki/French_resistance" class="mw-redirect" title="French resistance">French resistance</a> forces and representatives of France's African colonies. The resulting <a href="/wiki/Brazzaville_Conference_of_1944" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazzaville Conference of 1944">Brazzaville Declaration</a> represented an attempt to redefine the relationship between France and its African colonies.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyc1_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyc1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until the 1960s, the city was divided into European (the centre of the city) and <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_of_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups of Africa">African</a> sections (<a href="/wiki/Poto-Poto" title="Poto-Poto">Poto-Poto</a>, Bacongo, and Makélékélé). In 1980, it became a "<a href="/wiki/Communes_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Communes of the Republic of the Congo">commune</a>" separated from the surrounding <a href="/wiki/Pool_Department" title="Pool Department">Pool Department</a> and divided into nine "<a href="/wiki/Arrondissements" class="mw-redirect" title="Arrondissements">arrondissements</a>" along the French model of administration. </p><p>Since the late 20th century, the city has frequently been a staging ground for wars, including internal conflicts between rebel and government forces. It has been a base of conflicts between forces of the Republic of the Congo, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> (DRC), and <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>. During the 1990s, civil wars resulted in thousands of civilian deaths here and forced hundreds of thousands of refugees to flee the city. </p><p>More recently thousands of people leaving the DRC have made their way to Brazzaville; the <a href="/wiki/MONUSCO" title="MONUSCO">local United Nations force</a> and the DRC government have accused the city of deporting thousands of these refugees.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2016 fighting occurred between police and local militia units, with at least 18 people killed.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1984</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">585,812</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1996</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">856,410</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+46.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,373,382</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+60.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2023</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,145,783</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+56.2%</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the 2023 census, the city had a population of 2.15 million.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The National Institute of Statistics for 2014 is 1.73 million. <a href="/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a>, DRC, had more than 10 million inhabitants in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-Kinshasa_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kinshasa-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Together with Kinshasa, the combined <a href="/wiki/Conurbation" title="Conurbation">conurbation</a> of Kinshasa-Brazzaville has about 12 million inhabitants. Significant political and infrastructure challenges prevent the two cities from functioning with any meaningful connection.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the mid-19th century, the two cities have been rivals in trade, sports and power.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There have been proposals to connect the two capitals by a <a href="/wiki/Brazzaville%E2%80%93Kinshasa_Bridge" title="Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge">Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge</a>. In 2018, with relative peace re-established in the region, the <a href="/wiki/African_Development_Bank" title="African Development Bank">African Development Bank</a> and <a href="/wiki/Africa50" title="Africa50">Africa50</a> signed a deal with both governments to develop the project.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%88%9A%E6%9E%9C%E5%B8%83%E6%8F%B4%E5%8A%A9%E5%A4%A7%E6%A1%A5%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/%E5%88%9A%E6%9E%9C%E5%B8%83%E6%8F%B4%E5%8A%A9%E5%A4%A7%E6%A1%A5%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg/220px-%E5%88%9A%E6%9E%9C%E5%B8%83%E6%8F%B4%E5%8A%A9%E5%A4%A7%E6%A1%A5%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/%E5%88%9A%E6%9E%9C%E5%B8%83%E6%8F%B4%E5%8A%A9%E5%A4%A7%E6%A1%A5%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg/330px-%E5%88%9A%E6%9E%9C%E5%B8%83%E6%8F%B4%E5%8A%A9%E5%A4%A7%E6%A1%A5%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/%E5%88%9A%E6%9E%9C%E5%B8%83%E6%8F%B4%E5%8A%A9%E5%A4%A7%E6%A1%A5%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg/440px-%E5%88%9A%E6%9E%9C%E5%B8%83%E6%8F%B4%E5%8A%A9%E5%A4%A7%E6%A1%A5%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Brazzaville Bridge at night</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Brazzaville" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mayors of Brazzaville">List of mayors of Brazzaville</a></div> <p>Brazzaville, like Pointe-Noire, is a <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Communes of the Republic of the Congo">commune</a> (municipality) and a <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Departments of the Republic of the Congo">department</a> but not with the same area.<sup id="cite_ref-laws_12-14_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-laws_12-14-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is governed by a municipal council and a departmental council. The mayor is the president of the municipal council.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The commune is divided into nine <i><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement" title="Arrondissement">arrondissements</a></i> (boroughs), each with an official number:<sup id="cite_ref-arrond_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arrond-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Mak%C3%A9l%C3%A9k%C3%A9l%C3%A9" title="Makélékélé">Makélékélé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacongo_(Brazzaville)" title="Bacongo (Brazzaville)">Bacongo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poto-Poto" title="Poto-Poto">Poto-Poto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moungali" title="Moungali">Moungali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouenz%C3%A9" title="Ouenzé">Ouenzé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talanga%C3%AF" title="Talangaï">Talangaï</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mfilou" title="Mfilou">Mfilou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madibou" title="Madibou">Madibou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djiri_(Brazzaville)" title="Djiri (Brazzaville)">Djiri</a></li></ol> <p>The department includes the area of the commune and, since 2011, the new district of <a href="/wiki/Ile_Mbamou" title="Ile Mbamou">Ile Mbamou</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-laws_12-14_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-laws_12-14-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nabemba.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/Nabemba.jpg/220px-Nabemba.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/Nabemba.jpg/330px-Nabemba.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/Nabemba.jpg/440px-Nabemba.jpg 2x" data-file-width="733" data-file-height="976" /></a><figcaption>Nabemba Tower</figcaption></figure> <p>The location of Brazzaville near the pool of the Congo River enabled it to grow as an industrial, trading and port settlement. It was connected through trade by ships and boats traveling upriver to inland areas, which produced raw materials from the beginning of the colonial period.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyc1_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyc1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Construction of the railway connecting to <a href="/wiki/Pointe-Noire" title="Pointe-Noire">Pointe-Noire</a> increased the ability of city businessmen to get their products to the port for export. Industries present in Brazzaville include <a href="/wiki/Machining" title="Machining">machine shops</a>, <a href="/wiki/Textile" title="Textile">textiles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tanning_(leather)" title="Tanning (leather)">tanning</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing</a>. As a key port on the <a href="/wiki/Congo_River" title="Congo River">Congo River</a>, Brazzaville still takes deliveries of <a href="/wiki/Raw_material" title="Raw material">raw materials</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Natural_rubber" title="Natural rubber">rubber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wood" title="Wood">wood</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agricultural products</a>. From here they are generally sent onward to <a href="/wiki/Pointe-Noire" title="Pointe-Noire">Pointe-Noire</a> for export. </p><p>Many companies, government organizations and <a href="/wiki/NGO" class="mw-redirect" title="NGO">NGOs</a> have regional offices in the capital city, where they can work with government officials. The <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> has its regional office for Africa located in Brazzaville.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Companies headquartered in Brazzaville include <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Congo_Airlines" title="Equatorial Congo Airlines">Equatorial Congo Airlines</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup>and the mobile operator <a href="/wiki/Warid_Congo" title="Warid Congo">Warid Congo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Roger_Erell" title="Roger Erell">Roger Erell</a>, a highly regarded architect, designed a house in the city for <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a> when he was the leader of <a href="/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Free France</a> here. Other buildings include the Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Mausoleum, the <a href="/wiki/Nabemba_Tower" title="Nabemba Tower">Nabemba Tower</a>, and the Congressional Palace (Brazzaville). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Marien_Ngouabi" title="Marien Ngouabi">Marien Ngouabi</a> Mausoleum, <a href="/wiki/Brazzaville_Zoo" title="Brazzaville Zoo">Brazzaville Zoo</a>, and the Poto-Poto School of Painting are also destinations for visitors and city residents. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_worship">Places of worship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Places of worship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Brazzaville_avant_1926.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Brazzaville_avant_1926.jpg/220px-Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Brazzaville_avant_1926.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Brazzaville_avant_1926.jpg/330px-Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Brazzaville_avant_1926.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Cath%C3%A9drale_de_Brazzaville_avant_1926.jpg 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="251" /></a><figcaption>The Sacred Heart Cathedral in 1926</figcaption></figure> <p>Many Congolese converted to Catholicism during the French colonial period. <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> churches are most prevalent in the city, where the Roman Catholic Church has an <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Brazzaville" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville">archdiocese</a>. Since then, churches have been established by new immigrants and by local adoption of evangelical Protestantism. Examples include the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_Sainte-Anne-du-Congo_in_Brazzaville" title="Basilica of Sainte-Anne-du-Congo in Brazzaville">Basilica of Sainte-Anne-du-Congo in Brazzaville</a>, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Brazzaville and Gabon (<a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria">Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa</a>), <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Church_of_Congo" title="Evangelical Church of Congo">Evangelical Church of Congo</a> (<a href="/wiki/World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches" title="World Communion of Reformed Churches">World Communion of Reformed Churches</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Assemblies_of_God" title="Assemblies of God">Assemblies of God</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Universit%C3%A9_Marien-Ngouabi_-_Facult%C3%A9_de_droit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Universit%C3%A9_Marien-Ngouabi_-_Facult%C3%A9_de_droit.jpg/220px-Universit%C3%A9_Marien-Ngouabi_-_Facult%C3%A9_de_droit.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Universit%C3%A9_Marien-Ngouabi_-_Facult%C3%A9_de_droit.jpg/330px-Universit%C3%A9_Marien-Ngouabi_-_Facult%C3%A9_de_droit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Universit%C3%A9_Marien-Ngouabi_-_Facult%C3%A9_de_droit.jpg/440px-Universit%C3%A9_Marien-Ngouabi_-_Facult%C3%A9_de_droit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="933" data-file-height="445" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marien_Ngouabi_University" title="Marien Ngouabi University">Marien Ngouabi University</a>'s Law School</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Marien_Ngouabi_University" title="Marien Ngouabi University">Marien Ngouabi University</a> is a public <a href="/wiki/University" title="University">university</a> in Brazzaville, named after a former leader.<sup id="cite_ref-University_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-University-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The university was founded in December 1971 after independence. Today it has approximately 26,000 students.<sup id="cite_ref-University_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-University-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>International schools: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7ais_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry_de_Brazzaville" title="Lycée Français Saint-Exupéry de Brazzaville">Lycée Français Saint-Exupéry de Brazzaville</a> (French)</li> <li>American International School of Brazzaville</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brazzaville features a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_wet_and_dry_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical wet and dry climate">tropical wet and dry climate</a>. Its wet season, which runs from October–May, is longer than its dry season, which covers the remaining months. Brazzaville's driest months, July and August, on average have no significant precipitation. Since Brazzaville is south of the equator, its dry season begins at around its "winter" solstice, which is the month of June. The city has relatively consistent temperatures throughout the course of the year. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Brazzaville (1991-2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF1B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.5<br />(99.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.3<br />(97.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.5<br />(99.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.8<br />(98.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.3<br />(99.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(93.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.8<br />(92.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF0800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.2<br />(104.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF0D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.5<br />(103.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.9<br />(102.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.8<br />(96.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF0800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.2<br />(104.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF0800; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">40.2<br />(104.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(87.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.7<br />(89.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.1<br />(82.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(87.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3<br />(50.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.2<br />(59.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(64.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.3<br />(50.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #11FF11; color:#000000;" class="notheme">159.5<br />(6.28) </td> <td style="background: #1FFF1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">136.6<br />(5.38) </td> <td style="background: #00E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">188.7<br />(7.43) </td> <td style="background: #00FA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">168.8<br />(6.65) </td> <td style="background: #3AFF3A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">132.0<br />(5.20) </td> <td style="background: #F0FFF0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(0.37) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(0.12) </td> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(0.43) </td> <td style="background: #BDFFBD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.6<br />(1.68) </td> <td style="background: #0BFF0B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">163.5<br />(6.44) </td> <td style="background: #006800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">263.6<br />(10.38) </td> <td style="background: #00BB00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">216.4<br />(8.52) </td> <td style="background: #41FF41; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,494.9<br />(58.85) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">89 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">78 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">171 </td> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">181 </td> <td style="background: #D0D000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">177 </td> <td style="background: #C2C219; color:#000000;" class="notheme">141 </td> <td style="background: #B9B94C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">127 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133 </td> <td style="background: #C3C30E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">145 </td> <td style="background: #C4C408; color:#000000;" class="notheme">152 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">157 </td> <td style="background: #C5C502; color:#000000;" class="notheme">154 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,897 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aeroport_Maya-Maya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Aeroport_Maya-Maya.jpg/200px-Aeroport_Maya-Maya.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Aeroport_Maya-Maya.jpg/300px-Aeroport_Maya-Maya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Aeroport_Maya-Maya.jpg/400px-Aeroport_Maya-Maya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1194" data-file-height="596" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maya-Maya_Airport" title="Maya-Maya Airport">Maya-Maya Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brazzarail_(28522034145).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Brazzarail_%2828522034145%29.jpg/220px-Brazzarail_%2828522034145%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Brazzarail_%2828522034145%29.jpg/330px-Brazzarail_%2828522034145%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Brazzarail_%2828522034145%29.jpg/440px-Brazzarail_%2828522034145%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5287" data-file-height="3529" /></a><figcaption>A railroad in Brazzaville</figcaption></figure> <p>The city is home to <a href="/wiki/Maya-Maya_Airport" title="Maya-Maya Airport">Maya-Maya Airport</a>, which lies in the centre of the city and which has regular flights to <a href="/wiki/Pointe-Noire" title="Pointe-Noire">Pointe-Noire</a> as well as international destinations in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. A flight operates twice weekly between Brazzaville and Kinshasa, but the flight time is only five minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian1_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Congo-Ocean_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Congo-Ocean Railway">Congo-Ocean Railway</a> has a station in the city and in 2014 was operating the <a href="/wiki/La_Gazelle_train" class="mw-redirect" title="La Gazelle train"><i>La Gazelle</i></a> train service every other day to <a href="/wiki/Pointe-Noire" title="Pointe-Noire">Pointe-Noire</a> and intermediate destinations.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WPWPCG_38.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/WPWPCG_38.jpg/220px-WPWPCG_38.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/WPWPCG_38.jpg/330px-WPWPCG_38.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/WPWPCG_38.jpg/440px-WPWPCG_38.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1066" /></a><figcaption>Road transport in Brazzaville</figcaption></figure> <p>The city is an important <a href="/wiki/River_port" class="mw-redirect" title="River port">river port</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Ferry" title="Ferry">ferries</a> sailing to <a href="/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Bangui" title="Bangui">Bangui</a> via <a href="/wiki/Impfondo" title="Impfondo">Impfondo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian1_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ferries and fast private boats serve as the primary means of connection between Kinshasa and Brazzaville.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian1_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Livingstone_Falls" title="Livingstone Falls">Livingstone Falls</a> lie on the outskirts of the city, where the <a href="/wiki/Djou%C3%A9_River" title="Djoué River">Djoué River</a> meets the Congo, rendering river transport to the coast impossible, qualifying the railway as a <a href="/wiki/Portage_railway" title="Portage railway">portage railway</a>. </p><p>Although there is no organised public transport system, privately owned buses are available in the capital.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taxis are available on every street and are easily recognized, being painted with a green body and white top, and the fare for a short trip is CF700. About twenty percent of the vehicles in Brazzaville are taxis. There are also collective taxis that drive certain routes and charge CF150. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Brazzaville%E2%80%93Kinshasa_Bridge" title="Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge">A road-rail bridge</a> is proposed to connect Brazzaville with Kinshasa. The rail gauge on both sides is the same at 1067mm.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Brazzaville" title="Category:People from Brazzaville">Category:People from Brazzaville</a></i></dd></dl> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ali_Bongo_Ondimba.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ali_Bongo_Ondimba.png/140px-Ali_Bongo_Ondimba.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ali_Bongo_Ondimba.png/210px-Ali_Bongo_Ondimba.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ali_Bongo_Ondimba.png/280px-Ali_Bongo_Ondimba.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="855" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ali_Bongo_Ondimba" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Bongo Ondimba">Ali Bongo Ondimba</a>, 2016</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Antoinette_Sassou-Nguesso.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Antoinette_Sassou-Nguesso.jpg/140px-Antoinette_Sassou-Nguesso.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Antoinette_Sassou-Nguesso.jpg/210px-Antoinette_Sassou-Nguesso.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Antoinette_Sassou-Nguesso.jpg/280px-Antoinette_Sassou-Nguesso.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1002" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Antoinette_Sassou_Nguesso" title="Antoinette Sassou Nguesso">Antoinette Sassou Nguesso</a>, 2011</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Savorgnan_de_Brazza" title="Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza">Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza</a> (1852–1905), eponymous founder.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosper_Philippe_Augouard" title="Prosper Philippe Augouard">Prosper Philippe Augouard</a>, (1852–1921) French Catholic priest, missionary and explorer, settled Brazzaville in 1887.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambroise_Noumazalaye" title="Ambroise Noumazalaye">Ambroise Noumazalaye</a> (1933–2007) <a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="List of prime ministers of the Republic of the Congo"> Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville</a>, 1966 to 1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Serge_Essous" title="Jean Serge Essous">Jean Serge Essous</a> (1935-2009) a Congolese saxophonist &amp; clarinetist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Dongala" title="Emmanuel Dongala">Emmanuel Dongala</a> (born 1941) a Congolese chemist and novelist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patience_Dabany" title="Patience Dabany">Patience Dabany</a> (born 1941) singer, musician and <a href="/wiki/First_Ladies_and_Gentlemen_of_Gabon" class="mw-redirect" title="First Ladies and Gentlemen of Gabon">First Lady of Gabon</a>, 1967 to 1987.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoinette_Sassou_Nguesso" title="Antoinette Sassou Nguesso">Antoinette Sassou Nguesso</a> (born 1945) <a href="/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="First Lady of the Republic of the Congo">First Lady of the Republic of the Congo</a> since 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurlus_Mab%C3%A9l%C3%A9" title="Aurlus Mabélé">Aurlus Mabélé</a> (1953–2020) a Congolese singer and composer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Richard_Mondjo" title="Charles Richard Mondjo">Charles Richard Mondjo</a> (born 1954) Chief of Staff of the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo">Congo Armed Forces</a>, 2002 to 2012.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Ntsi%C3%A9t%C3%A9" title="Dominique Ntsiété">Dominique Ntsiété</a> (1940-2012), senator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Bongo_Ondimba" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Bongo Ondimba">Ali Bongo Ondimba</a> (born 1959), Gabonese politician, 3rd <a href="/wiki/President_of_Gabon" title="President of Gabon">President of Gabon</a> since 2009.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alain_Akouala_Atipault" title="Alain Akouala Atipault">Alain Akouala Atipault</a> (born 1959) politician and government Minister.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bintsamou" title="Frédéric Bintsamou">Frédéric Bintsamou</a> (born 1964) a Protestant clergyman and leader of the "semi-religious" rebel group <a href="/wiki/Ninja_(militia)" title="Ninja (militia)">The Ninjas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Kou%C3%A9lany" title="Bill Kouélany">Bill Kouélany</a> (born 1965) a Congolese artist, writer and set designer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alain_Mabanckou" title="Alain Mabanckou">Alain Mabanckou</a> (born 1966) novelist, journalist, poet and academic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Kongo" title="Cyril Kongo">Cyril Kongo</a> (born 1969), a French painter and graffiti artist, lived in Brazzaville in the 80s.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Tchimbakala" title="Dominique Tchimbakala">Dominique Tchimbakala</a> (born 1977) journalist and TV presenter, news anchor for <a href="/wiki/TV5Monde" title="TV5Monde">TV5Monde</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaitana_(singer)" title="Gaitana (singer)">Gaitana</a> (born 1979), <a href="/wiki/List_of_famous_Ukrainian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="List of famous Ukrainian people">Ukrainian</a> singer who lived in Brazzaville for five years.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Merlin" title="André Merlin">André Merlin</a> (1911–1960) a French tennis player.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_M%27Pel%C3%A9" title="François M&#39;Pelé">François M'Pelé</a> (born 1947) a former footballer with 521 club caps and 9 for <a href="/wiki/Congo_national_football_team" title="Congo national football team">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolf-Christel_Gui%C3%A9-Mien" title="Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien">Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien</a> (born 1977) former footballer with 338 club caps and 26 for <a href="/wiki/Congo_national_football_team" title="Congo national football team">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Ewolo" title="Oscar Ewolo">Oscar Ewolo</a> (born 1978) former footballer with 374 club caps and 38 for <a href="/wiki/Congo_national_football_team" title="Congo national football team">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lor%C3%A8ne_Bazolo" title="Lorène Bazolo">Lorène Bazolo</a> (born 1983) track and field athlete, Congolese flag bearer at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladislas_Douniama" title="Ladislas Douniama">Ladislas Douniama</a> (born 1986) former footballer with over 250 club caps and 28 for <a href="/wiki/Congo_national_football_team" title="Congo national football team">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Mouele-Mboussi" title="Pamela Mouele-Mboussi">Pamela Mouele-Mboussi</a> (born 1988) long and triple jumper, national flag carrier at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serge_Ibaka" title="Serge Ibaka">Serge Ibaka</a> (born 1989), professional basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9r%C3%A9bory_Dor%C3%A9" title="Férébory Doré">Férébory Doré</a> (born 1989) footballer with over 200 club caps and 37 for <a href="/wiki/Congo_national_football_team" title="Congo national football team">Congo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_and_sister_cities">Twin towns and sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Twin towns and sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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(2006). <i>Brazzaville, une ville à reconstruire</i>. Paris: Karthala. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-84586-825-1" title="Special:BookSources/2-84586-825-1">2-84586-825-1</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Brazzaville#Bibliography" title="Timeline of Brazzaville">Bibliography of the history of Brazzaville</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <ul><li>Chavannes, Charles de. (1929) "Le Sergent Sénégalais Malamine." <i>Annales de l'Académie des Sciences Coloniales</i>, vol. 3:159–187.</li> <li>Petringa, Maria. (2006) <i>Brazza, A Life for Africa</i> (2006) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4259-1198-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4259-1198-0">978-1-4259-1198-0</a></li> <li>Tiepolo, M. (1996) "City Profile: Brazzaville" in <i>Cities</i> v. 13, pp.&#160;117–124</li> <li>Brisset-Guibert, Hervé (2007) <i>Brazzaville petit guide historique</i>, in the site www.presidence.cg ("palais presidentiel")</li> <li>Cultural reference: In the final scene of the 1942 film, Casablanca, it is to Brazzaville that Captain Renault (Claude Rains) suggests he and Rick (Humphrey Bogart) might escape to together for "vacation" and, as Rick counters, "the beginning of a beautiful friendship."</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhitehouse2012" class="citation book cs1">Whitehouse, Bruce (2012). <i>Migrants and Strangers in an African City: Exile, Dignity, Belonging</i>. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780253000811" title="Special:BookSources/9780253000811"><bdi>9780253000811</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Migrants+and+Strangers+in+an+African+City%3A+Exile%2C+Dignity%2C+Belonging&amp;rft.place=Bloomington&amp;rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2012&amp;rft.isbn=9780253000811&amp;rft.aulast=Whitehouse&amp;rft.aufirst=Bruce&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrazzaville" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Brazzaville" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Brazzaville">Brazzaville</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/16px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/24px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/32px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="193" /></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Brazzaville#Q3844" class="extiw" title="voy:Brazzaville">Brazzaville</a> travel guide from Wikivoyage</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/1969/1/fuc_book_sheets_tuprints.pdf">Fusion Cities, consolidation of movement</a>, urban analysis seminar with vectorised maps of the agglomeration. 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title="2015 African Games">2015</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo"><img alt="Republic of the Congo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brazzaville</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2019_African_Games" title="2019 African Games">2019</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a 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