Brazzaville

E14466

capital city city commune of the Republic of the Congo

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.

Aliases (3)

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 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 →
utcOffset	+1 →
vehicleRegistrationCode	RCB →
wasCapitalOf	French Equatorial Africa →

Referenced by (40)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Basilica of Sainte-Anne-du-Congo → Marien Ngouabi University → Parliament of the Republic of the Congo → Senate of the Republic of the Congo →	locatedIn
French Equatorial Africa → Republic of the Congo →	capital
Free French Forces → Free French Forces →	garrison
Parliament of the Republic of the Congo → Senate of the Republic of the Congo →	meetsIn
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza →	burialPlace
Maya-Maya Airport →	cityServed
Parliament of the Republic of the Congo →	countryCapitalLocation
Congo River →	flowsThroughCity
Kinshasa →	formsTransborderAgglomerationWith
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza →	founded
French Equatorial Africa →	governorGeneralResidence
Republic of the Congo →	hasCapital
Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area →	hasCapitalCity
Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area →	hasCityOnRightBank
COG →	hasCountryCapital
Republic of the Congo →	hasLargestCity
Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area →	hasPart
WHO Regional Office for Africa ("Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo") →	headquartersLocation
West Africa Time ("Africa/Brazzaville") →	IANA_timeZoneExample
Basilica of Sainte-Anne-du-Congo →	isLandmarkOf
Maya-Maya Airport →	isLocatedIn
Maya-Maya Airport →	isMainAirportOf
Republic of the Congo →	largestCity
Basilica of Sainte-Anne-du-Congo ("Brazzaville Department") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area →	locatedOppositeBankCity
Kinshasa →	locatedOppositeCity
Lingala →	majorUrbanCenters
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza →	namesakeOf
Maya-Maya Airport →	serves
Maya-Maya Airport →	servesAsGatewayTo
Maya-Maya Airport →	servesCapitalCity
Kituba →	spokenIn
Strasbourg →	twinCity
Reims →	twinnedWith