Brazzaville
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Summary
Brazzaville is a city[1]. Brazzaville ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,418 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Republic of the Congo[4]
- Country: Republic of the Congo[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Congo[6]
- Head of government: Dieudonné Bantsimba[7]
- Instance of: border city[8], big city[9], commune of the Republic of the Congo[10]
- Official language: French[11]
- Shares border with: Kinshasa[12]
- Founder: Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza[13]
- Named after: Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Reims[15], Dresden[16], Kinshasa[17], Windhoek[18], Dakar[19], Weihai[20], Nouakchott[21], Rabat[22]
- Commons category: Brazzaville[23]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[24]
- Local dialing code: 242[25]
- Inception: September 10, 1880[26]
- Official website: http://www.brazzaville.cg[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Brazzaville[28]
- Commons gallery: Brazzaville[29]
- Population: 1,733,263[30], 1,503,803[31], 1,783,520[32], 585,812[33], 856,410[34], 1,373,382[35], 1,018,541[36], 2,145,783[37]
- Time of earliest written record: 1880[38]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39]
- Capital of: Republic of the Congo[40]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Brazzaville[41]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Brazzaville[42]
- Demonym: brazzavillois[43], brazzavilloise[44], Brazavilano[45]
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Physical Characteristics
Brazzaville covers an area of 588 km²[46]. Brazzaville sits at an elevation of 320 m[47].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Brazzaville include Brazzaville Group[48], an international organization[49], founded in 1960[50] and Sanza de Mfoa[51], an award[52], in Republic of the Congo[53].
Why It Matters
Brazzaville has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Brazzaville is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for Brazzaville include Brazzaville Group[48], an international organization[49], founded in 1960[50] and Sanza de Mfoa[51], an award[52], in Republic of the Congo[53].