The city is also known for its thriving fishing industry. Please check your download folder. Brazzaville covers a large area to the north of the Congo River, just below the Pool Malebo. Brazzaville is 506 kilometres (314 miles) inland from the Atlantic Ocean and approximately 474 kilometres (295 miles) south of the equator. The population of the capital is estimated to exceed 1.8 million residents, comprising more than a third of the national populace. [15], Together with Kinshasa, the combined conurbation of Kinshasa-Brazzaville has about 12 million inhabitants. Some 40% are employed in non-agricultural professions. [6] From October 1880 until May 1882, a small squad of troops led by Senegalese Sergeant Malamine Camara occupied the site, in order to prevent the land from falling into Belgian hands. Adventure-seekers from all over the globe are drawn to its pristine forest reserves with their steamy jungles, huge populations of forest elephants and lowland gorillas, and troops of swinging, hooting chimpanzees. Other buildings include the Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza Mausoleum, the Nabemba Tower, and the Congressional Palace (Brazzaville). [8] It continued as capital when French Equatorial Africa was founded in 1910, as a federation of French colonial states: it included Gabon, the Central African Republic, and Chad until 1960. Brazzaville is the financial and administrative capital of the Republic of the Congo, and roughly 40% of the country's non-agricultural industrial employment is located here. The country is also on its way to becoming a popular ecotourism destination.

The port city of Pointe-Noire is second-largest, with a population of 715,334. Taxis are available on every street and are easily recognized, being painted with a green body and white top, and the fare for a short trip is CF700. [8] Construction of the railway connecting to Pointe-Noire increased the ability of city businessmen to get their products to the port for export. Kinshasa is more than five times larger than Brazzaville in population. The resulting Brazzaville Declaration represented an attempt to redefine the relationship between France and its African colonies.[8]. Financial. / Kongo", "La Gazelle train Brazzaville to Pointe Noire", Bibliography of the history of Brazzaville, BRAKIN, the fusion city of Brazzaville and Kinshasa, Maria Petringa's 1997 biographical article on Savorgnan de Brazza, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brazzaville&oldid=984335926, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows), American International School of Brazzaville, Chavannes, Charles de. The United Nations Population Division estimate for 2014 is 1.83 million. Around the city are large plains. During the colonial era, the new colonial cities, and Brazzaville in particular, attracted African migrants.

Boulangui are in the country’s northwest. Many companies, government organizations and NGOs have regional offices in the capital city, where they can work with government officials. The population of the capital is estimated to exceed 1.8 million residents, comprising more than a third of the national populace. As a key port on the Congo River, Brazzaville still takes deliveries of raw materials, such as rubber, wood, and agricultural products.

[21] Companies headquartered in Brazzaville include Equatorial Congo Airlines[22] and the mobile operator Warid Congo.[23]. By Caroline Oberheu on January 26 2018 in Society.