Brazzaville

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Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo, located on the Congo River directly across from Kinshasa in Central Africa.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Brazzaville canonical 86
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 2
Africa/Brazzaville 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city
city
commune of the Republic of the Congo
callingCode +242
capitalOf Republic of the Congo
cfaFrancCode XAF
climateClassification tropical wet and dry climate
climateKöppen Aw
commonLanguages Kituba
Lingala
continent Africa
coordinates 4.2667°S 15.2833°E
country Republic of the Congo
currency Central African CFA franc
distanceToKinshasa about 1–2 km across the river
elevation ~320 metres
formerColonialPower France
foundedBy Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
foundingYear 1880
hasBasilica Basilica of Sainte-Anne-du-Congo
hasStatus commune with special status
hasUniversity Marien Ngouabi University
hostsNationalGovernment Republic of the Congo
surface form: Republic of the Congo government
isAcrossFrom Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
isNationalAdministrativeCenter true
isNationalCapital true
isNationalCulturalCenter true
isNationalEconomicCenter true
isOnCongoRiver true
largestCityOf Republic of the Congo
locatedIn Central Africa
Republic of the Congo
locatedOnRiver Congo River
locatedOppositeCity Kinshasa
namedAfter Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
officialLanguage French
oppositeBankCity Kinshasa
partOfUrbanArea Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area
populationEstimate over 1,800,000 inhabitants
riverBank right bank of the Congo River
roleInWWII seat of Free French government in Africa
servedByAirport Maya-Maya Airport
timeZone West Africa Time (WAT)
surface form: West Africa Time
utcOffset +1
vehicleRegistrationCode RCB
wasCapitalOf French Equatorial Africa

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Strasbourg is seat of the Council of Europe twinCity Brazzaville
subject surface form: Strasbourg
Free French Forces garrison Brazzaville
WHO Regional Office for Africa headquartersLocation Brazzaville
this entity surface form: Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo hasCapital Brazzaville
Reims twinnedWith Brazzaville
FFL garrison Brazzaville
subject surface form: Free French Forces
French Equatorial Africa capital Brazzaville
Congo River flowsThroughCity Brazzaville
West Africa Time (WAT) IANA_timeZoneExample Brazzaville
subject surface form: West Africa Time
this entity surface form: Africa/Brazzaville
Kituba spokenIn Brazzaville
COG hasCountryCapital Brazzaville
Congo capital Brazzaville
subject surface form: Republic of the Congo
Congo largestCity Brazzaville
subject surface form: Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa locatedOppositeCity Brazzaville
Lingala majorUrbanCenters Brazzaville
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza founded Brazzaville
Basilica of Sainte-Anne-du-Congo locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Brazzaville
this entity surface form: Brazzaville Department
Maya-Maya Airport serves Brazzaville
Maya-Maya Airport cityServed Brazzaville
Maya-Maya Airport isLocatedIn Brazzaville
Maya-Maya Airport isMainAirportOf Brazzaville
AEF capital Brazzaville
AEF administrativeCenter Brazzaville
Brazzaville Conference location Brazzaville
African Games firstEditionHostCity Brazzaville
Livingstone Falls near Brazzaville
Livingstone Falls upstreamCity Brazzaville
Munukutuba usedIn Brazzaville