Mbamu, a large island within the Pool, is part of the Republic of Congo's territory. Significant political and infrastructure challenges prevent the two cities from functioning with any meaningful connection. A road-rail bridge is proposed to connect Brazzaville with Kinshasa. Jean-Jacques Youlou & Scholastique Dianzinga, "Une capitale dans l'histoire"; Chapter 1 in, Brazzaville.cg (site officiel de la commune de Brazzaville), ", Last edited on 23 September 2020, at 20:44, Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, Lycée Français Saint-Exupéry de Brazzaville, Station ID for Brazzaville/ Maya–Maya is 64450, "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab", "Brazzaville, Zahlé, Kraków and Fabriano designated UNESCO Creative Cities", "Face-off over the Congo: the long rivalry between Kinshasa and Brazzaville", "Historic agreement signed to protect the world's largest tropical peatland", DRC Threatens Legal Action over Deportations from Congo-Brazzaville, "Heavy gunfire in Congo-Brazzaville capital as police battle militia", "Répartition de la population par Départements et Communes en 1984 et projetée de 2000 à 2015", "Congo (Rep.): Departments, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts", "Major Agglomerations of the World - Population Statistics and Maps", "DRC, Congo sign $500m deal to build Kinshasa-Brazzaville connecting bridge", "Klimatafel von Brazzaville (Flugh.)

In recent decades, Kinshasa and Brazzaville have given rise to movements of prophecy, messianic fervour and revival (Pentecostalist in nature) in the field of religion. (1929) "Le Sergent Sénégalais Malamine. This page was last edited on 8 August 2020, at 15:51. [7][6], The local King, Makoko of the Téké, signed a treaty of protection with de Brazza, which subjugated his lands to the French Empire. The Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge is a planned road-rail bridge that will connect Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, two major capital cities on the Congo River. The World Health Organization has its regional office for Africa located in Brazzaville. ", This page was last edited on 23 September 2020, at 20:44. [10], During World War II Brazzaville and the rest of French Equatorial Africa remained beyond the control of Vichy France, which served the Nazi occupation. Mbamu, a large island within the Pool, is part of the Republic of Congo's territory.. Brazzaville is 506 kilometres (314 miles) inland from the Atlantic Ocean and approximately 474 kilometres (295 miles) south of the equator.The city is a commune that is separated from the other regions of the republic; it is … More recently thousands of people leaving the DRC have made their way to Brazzaville; the local United Nations force and the DRC government have accused the city of deporting thousands of these refugees. De ses origines à son rôle actuel au Zaïre, Non-places: introduction to an anthropology of supermodernity, Messianismes et nationalismes en Afrique Noire, The Sociology of Black Africa: social dynamics in central Africa, Fait missionnaire et politique du ventre: une lecture foucaldienne, Provincializing Europe: postcolonial thought and historical difference, Zombies et frontières à l’ère néolibérale. Construction of the railway resulted in the deaths of more than 17,000 Africans, and the people revolted against the French in 1928. Full text views reflects the number of PDF downloads, PDFs sent to Google Drive, Dropbox and Kindle and HTML full text views. Brazzaville features a tropical wet and dry climate. The patterns of liberation and deliverance that can be discerned here reflect forms of identity politics in which Africanity, in the ethnic and national sense, is not only a major issue, but a component that is increasingly associated with … In 2018, with relative peace re-established in the region, the African Development Bank and Africa50 signed a deal with both governments to develop the project. Many Congolese converted to Catholicism during the French colonial period. Today it has approximately 26,000 students.[25]. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. This is the only place in the world where two national capital cities developed on opposite banks of a river, within sight of each other. [3], Coordinates: 04°15′33″S 15°17′05″E / 4.25917°S 15.28472°E / -4.25917; 15.28472, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Railway stations in the Republic of the Congo, List of railway stations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, "Brazzaville-Kinshasa rail/road bridge project - a project in Congo", "Building today, a better Africa tomorrow", "Road-rail bridge between Brazzaville and Kinshasa [Business Africa]", http://www.e-ships.net/ports/Congo/1143.htm, http://www.e-ships.net/ports/Congo%20(Democratic%20Republic)/1148.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville–Kinshasa_Bridge&oldid=971844501, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Amongst other things, the proposed bridge would connect Kinshasa via rail to the deepwater 10.46 m draft port at, The railway systems of both countries use the same gauge, namely. The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport, which lies in the centre of the city and which has regular flights to Pointe-Noire as well as international destinations in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. [24], The Marien Ngouabi University is a public university in Brazzaville, named after a former leader.

[21] Companies headquartered in Brazzaville include Equatorial Congo Airlines[22] and the mobile operator Warid Congo.[23]. Brazzaville (French pronunciation: ​[bʁazavil], Kongo: Balazavile; Teke: Ncuna) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo (Congo Republic). The Marien Ngouabi Mausoleum, Brazzaville Zoo, and the Poto-Poto School of Painting are also destinations for visitors and city residents. [8] Construction of the railway connecting to Pointe-Noire increased the ability of city businessmen to get their products to the port for export. [1][2] The project has proceeded intermittently, but work is slated to begin in August 2020 after receiving a $210m loan from the African Development Bank.