Brazzaville
Brazzaville
| Piiluu | 10 Sentɔmbare 1880  |
|---|---|
| Native label | Brazzaville |
| Named after | Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza |
| Demonym | brazzavillois, brazzavilloise, Brazavilano, Brazzavillois, Brazzavilloise |
| Founded by | Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza |
| Official language | French |
| Paaloŋ | Republic of the Congo |
| Capital of | Republic of the Congo, French Equatorial Africa, People's Republic of the Congo, Free French Africa |
| Located in the administrative territorial entity | Republic of the Congo, French Equatorial Africa |
| Located in time zone | UTC+01:00 |
| Located in or next to body of water | Congo |
| Coordinate location | 4°16′10″S 15°16′16″E |
| Head of government | Dieudonné Bantsimba |
| Member of | Creative Cities Network |
| Shares border with | Kinshasa |
| Official website | http://www.brazzaville.cg |
| History of topic | timeline of Brazzaville |
| Time of earliest written record | 1880 |
| Local dialing code | 242 |
Brazzaville (French boɔloo: [bʁazavil]) e la teŋkpoŋ ane kapital ko Republic Congo. Administratively, o e la depaamɛte ane commune. [1]Naŋ taa financial ane administrative centre ko a teŋɛ, o bezie la north seŋ naŋ e Congo River, naŋ be Kinshasa, a kapital teŋɛ naŋ e Democratic Republic ko a Congo (DR Congo).
A kapital ko yagroŋ naŋ duori ta 2.1 million kpeɛreba, naŋ taa te gaŋ third of the national populace. A 40% mine la tona toma non-agricultural professions. Yi a World War II, Brazzaville da toŋɛɛ a de facto kapital ko Free France neŋ 1940 ane 1942.
A 2013, Brazzaville da taa la eebo ko a teŋɛ naŋ kyaare Music neŋ UNESCO; yi be o meŋ da e la mɛmba ko a Creative Cities Network.[2]
Gɔbena
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- Makélékélé
- Bacongo
- Poto-Poto
- Moungali
- Ouenzé
- Talangaï
- Mfilou
- Madibou
- Djiri
Climate
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]| Climate data for Brazzaville (1991-2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.5
(99.5) |
36.3
(97.3) |
37.5
(99.5) |
36.8
(98.2) |
37.3
(99.1) |
34.3
(93.7) |
33.8
(92.8) |
40.2
(104.4) |
39.5
(103.1) |
38.9
(102.0) |
35.8
(96.4) |
40.2
(104.4) |
40.2
(104.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.9
(87.6) |
31.7
(89.1) |
32.5
(90.5) |
32.6
(90.7) |
31.4
(88.5) |
28.9
(84.0) |
28.1
(82.6) |
29.1
(84.4) |
30.9
(87.6) |
31.2
(88.2) |
31.2
(88.2) |
30.8
(87.4) |
30.8
(87.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1
(79.0) |
26.6
(79.9) |
26.8
(80.2) |
26.7
(80.1) |
26.3
(79.3) |
24.1
(75.4) |
23.4
(74.1) |
24.1
(75.4) |
25.9
(78.6) |
26.2
(79.2) |
25.7
(78.3) |
25.9
(78.6) |
25.6
(78.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.6
(72.7) |
22.3
(72.1) |
22.9
(73.2) |
22.9
(73.2) |
22.6
(72.7) |
20.6
(69.1) |
19.5
(67.1) |
20.5
(68.9) |
21.7
(71.1) |
22.3
(72.1) |
22.3
(72.1) |
22.4
(72.3) |
21.9
(71.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 17.0
(62.6) |
14.5
(58.1) |
17.7
(63.9) |
18.6
(65.5) |
17.0
(62.6) |
12.7
(54.9) |
10.5
(50.9) |
10.3
(50.5) |
15.2
(59.4) |
13.7
(56.7) |
18.2
(64.8) |
17.7
(63.9) |
10.3
(50.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 159.5
(6.28) |
136.6
(5.38) |
188.7
(7.43) |
168.8
(6.65) |
132.0
(5.20) |
9.4
(0.37) |
3.0
(0.12) |
10.8
(0.43) |
42.6
(1.68) |
163.5
(6.44) |
263.6
(10.38) |
216.4
(8.52) |
1,494.9
(58.85) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 89 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 80 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 76 | 81 | 82 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 171 | 167 | 192 | 181 | 177 | 141 | 127 | 133 | 145 | 152 | 157 | 154 | 1,897 |
| Source: NOAA | |||||||||||||
Notable people
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]
- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905), eponymous founder.[3]
- Prosper Philippe Augouard, (1852–1921) French Catholic priest, missionary and explorer, settled Brazzaville in 1887.
- Ambroise Noumazalaye (1933–2007) Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville, 1966 to 1968
- Jean Serge Essous (1935-2009) a Congolese saxophonist & clarinetist
- Emmanuel Dongala (born 1941) a Congolese chemist and novelist.
- Patience Dabany (born 1941) singer, musician and First Lady of Gabon, 1967 to 1987.
- Antoinette Sassou Nguesso (born 1945) First Lady of the Republic of the Congo since 1997
- Aurlus Mabélé (1953–2020) a Congolese singer and composer.
- Charles Richard Mondjo (born 1954) Chief of Staff of the Congo Armed Forces, 2002 to 2012.
- Dominique Ntsiété (1940-2012), senator
- Ali Bongo Ondimba (born 1959), Gabonese politician, 3rd President of Gabon since 2009.
- Alain Akouala Atipault (born 1959) politician and government Minister.
- Frédéric Bintsamou (born 1964) a Protestant clergyman and leader of the "semi-religious" rebel group The Ninjas
- Bill Kouélany (born 1965) a Congolese artist, writer and set designer.
- Alain Mabanckou (born 1966) novelist, journalist, poet and academic
- Cyril Kongo (born 1969), a French painter and graffiti artist, lived in Brazzaville in the 80s.
- Dominique Tchimbakala (born 1977) journalist and TV presenter, news anchor for TV5Monde.
- Gaitana (born 1979), Ukrainian singer who lived in Brazzaville for five years.
- Scholastique Dianzinga, professor and specialist in women's history
- Sardoine Mia (born 1998), artist
Sport
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- André Merlin (1911–1960) a French tennis player.
- François M'Pelé (born 1947) a former footballer with 521 club caps and 9 for Congo
- Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien (born 1977) former footballer with 338 club caps and 26 for Congo
- Oscar Ewolo (born 1978) former footballer with 374 club caps and 38 for Congo
- Lorène Bazolo (born 1983) track and field athlete, Congolese flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Ladislas Douniama (born 1986) former footballer with over 250 club caps and 28 for Congo
- Pamela Mouele-Mboussi (born 1988) long and triple jumper, national flag carrier at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Serge Ibaka (born 1989), professional basketball player
- Férébory Doré (born 1989) footballer with over 200 club caps and 37 for Congo
Twin towns and sister cities
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]
Dresden, Germany- Tɛmpileti:Country data PRC Weihai, China
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Notes
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- Chavannes, Charles de. (1929) "Le Sergent Sénégalais Malamine." Annales de l'Académie des Sciences Coloniales, vol. 3:159–187.
- Petringa, Maria. (2006) Brazza, A Life for Africa (2006) ISBN 978-1-4259-1198-0
- Tiepolo, M. (1996) "City Profile: Brazzaville" in Cities v. 13, pp. 117–124
- Brisset-Guibert, Hervé (2007) Brazzaville petit guide historique, in the site www.presidence.cg ("palais presidentiel")
- Cultural reference: In the final scene of the 1942 film, Casablanca, it is to Brazzaville that Captain Renault (Claude Rains) suggests he and Rick (Humphrey Bogart) might escape to together for "vacation" and, as Rick counters, "the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
- Whitehouse, Bruce (2012). Migrants and Strangers in an African City: Exile, Dignity, Belonging. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253000811.
Ziiri mine liŋkiri
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brazzaville.
- Tɛmpileti:Wikivoyage-inline
- Fusion Cities, consolidation of movement, urban analysis seminar with vectorised maps of the agglomeration. TU Darmstadt, 2009
- Maria Petringa's biographical article on Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, describing events leading to the founding of Brazzaville, 1997