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Brazzaville
4.26° S, 15.28° E
- Population
- 1,355,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 12
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 12 cities of Congo in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Congo, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1880
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 320 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 588 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Republic of the Congo
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Named after
- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Website
- developpement-durable.gouv.cg/2017/06/05/brazzaville-brazza-la-verte
- Official website from Wikidata (P856).
- Time zone
- Africa/Brazzaville
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Practical bearings for Brazzaville, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Brazzaville have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Named after the Italian-born French explorer and humanitarian Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, the town’s name comes from its founder.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
