๐จ๐ฌ Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo. Constituting the financial and administrative centre of the country, it is located on the north side of the Congo River, opposite Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The population of the capital is estimated to comprise more than a third of the national populace. Some 40% are employed in non-agricultural professions. During World War II, Brazzaville was also the capital of Free France between 1940 and 1942.
In 2013, Brazzaville was designated a City of Music by UNESCO; since then it has also been a member of the Creative Cities Network.
Economy 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 travelling upriver to inland areas, which produced raw materials from the beginning of the colonial period. Construction of the railway connecting to Pointe-Noire increased the ability of city businessmen to get their products to the port for export. Industries present in Brazzaville include machine shops, textiles, tanning, and manufacturing. As a key port on the Congo River, Brazzaville still takes deliveries of raw materials, such as rubber, wood, and agricultural products. From here they are generally sent onward to Pointe-Noire for export.
Many companies, government organisations and NGOs have regional offices in the capital city, where they can work with government officials. The World Health Organization has its regional office for Africa located in Brazzaville. Companies headquartered in Brazzaville include Equatorial Congo Airlines and the mobile operator Warid Congo.
Transport 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. A flight operates twice weekly between Brazzaville and Kinshasa, but the flight time is only five minutes.
The Congo-Ocean Railway has a station in the city and in 2014 was operating the La Gazelle train service every other day to Pointe-Noire and intermediate destinations.
The city is an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo. Ferries and fast private boats serve as the primary means of connection between Kinshasa and Brazzaville. The Livingstone Falls lie on the outskirts of the city, where the Djouรฉ River meets the Congo, rendering river transport to the coast impossible, qualifying the railway as a portage railway.
Although there is no organised public transport system, privately owned buses are available in the capital.
Taxis are available on every street and are easily recognised, 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.
A road-rail bridge is proposed to connect Brazzaville with Kinshasa. The rail gauge on both sides is the same at 1067mm.
Brazzaville is rated Sufficiency by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Sufficiency level cities are cities that have a sufficient degree of services so as not to be overly dependent on world cities.
Brazzaville is rated E+ by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. E+ cities are strong regional gateway cities. Brazzaville was ranked #606 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Brazzaville has a population of over 1,373,382 people. Brazzaville also forms the centre of the wider Brazzaville metropolitan area which has a population of over 1,696,000 people.
To set up a UBI Lab for Brazzaville see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork
Brazzaville is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Music see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Brazzaville has links with:
๐จ๐ณ Changsha, China ๐ฉ๐ช Dresden, Germany ๐จ๐บ Havana, Cuba ๐จ๐ฉ Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo ๐ซ๐ท Reims, France ๐จ๐ณ Weihai, ChinaUNESCO Creative Cities for Music include: ๐ฆ๐บ Adelaide ๐ฐ๐ฟ Almaty ๐ต๐น Amarante ๐ฎ๐ฉ Ambon ๐ณ๐ฟ Auckland ๐ง๐ฆ Banja Luka ๐ฎ๐ณ Benares ๐ฌ๐ผ Bissau ๐จ๐ด Bogotรก ๐ฎ๐น Bologna ๐ฎ๐น Bolzano ๐จ๐ฌ Brazzaville ๐จ๐ฟ Brno ๐ต๐ฑ Bydgoszcz ๐ป๐ช Caracas ๐ฎ๐ณ Chennai ๐ป๐ณ Da Lat ๐ฒ๐ฆ Essaouira ๐จ๐ฑ Frutillar ๐ง๐ช Ghent ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Glasgow ๐ฎ๐ณ Gwalior ๐ฏ๐ต Hamamatsu ๐ฉ๐ช Hannover ๐จ๐บ Havana ๐ต๐น Idanha-a-Nova ๐ฒ๐พ Ipoh ๐บ๐ธ Kansas City ๐ต๐ฑ Katowice ๐ท๐บ Kazan ๐ฏ๐ฒ Kingston ๐น๐ท Kirsehir ๐ต๐น Leiria ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Liverpool ๐ช๐ธ Lliria ๐ฉ๐ช Mannheim ๐ซ๐ท Metz ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexicali ๐จ๐ญ Montreux ๐ฒ๐ฝ Morelia ๐ธ๐ช Norrkรถping ๐ฎ๐น Pesaro ๐น๐น Port of Spain ๐จ๐ป Praia ๐ต๐ธ Ramallah ๐ง๐ท Salvador ๐ฎ๐ท Sanandaj ๐น๐ท ลanlฤฑurfa ๐ฉ๐ด Santo Domingo ๐ช๐ธ Seville ๐น๐ญ Suphan Buri ๐ฐ๐ท Tongyeong ๐ซ๐ท Toulouse ๐จ๐ด Valledupar ๐จ๐ฑ Valparaรญso ๐ฎ๐ณ Varanasi ๐ญ๐ท Varaลพdin ๐ท๐บ Veliky Novgorod ๐ญ๐บ Veszprรฉm ๐ท๐ธ Vranje
๐ฎ๐น San Severo 15.377
๐ฆ๐น Bruck an der Mur 15.267
๐ต๐ฑ Gorzรณw Wielkopolski 15.242
๐ฎ๐น Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto 15.221
๐จ๐ฟ Pelhลimov 15.217
๐ฆ๐น Deutschlandsberg 15.2
Locations Near: Brazzaville 15.2847,-4.25917
๐จ๐ฉ Kinshasa 15.317,-4.317 d: 7.3
๐จ๐ฉ Kalamu 15.317,-4.333 d: 9
๐จ๐ฉ Selembao 15.283,-4.367 d: 12
๐จ๐ฉ Mbanza-Ngungu 14.867,-5.25 d: 119.5
๐จ๐ฌ Djambala 14.75,-2.533 d: 200.9
๐จ๐ฉ Matadi 13.467,-5.817 d: 265.6
๐จ๐ฌ Pointe-Noire 11.846,-4.795 d: 385.8
๐ฆ๐ด Ambaca 15.367,-8.183 d: 436.4
Antipodal to: Brazzaville -164.715,4.259
๐บ๐ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 18003.6
๐บ๐ธ Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 17980.4
๐บ๐ธ Pearl City -157.969,21.394 d: 17975.4
๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 17978
๐บ๐ธ Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 17971.4
๐บ๐ธ Lฤซhuสปe -159.35,21.967 d: 17962.9
๐บ๐ธ Lihue -159.35,21.967 d: 17962.9
๐บ๐ธ Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 17963.6