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Madibou is one of the arrondissements of Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo. [1] [2]
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Madibou is one of the arrondissements of Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo. [1] [2]
Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo. Administratively, it is a department and a commune. 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.
Pointe-Noire is the second largest city in the Republic of the Congo, following the capital of Brazzaville, and an autonomous department and a commune since the 2002 Constitution. Before this date it was the capital of the Kouilou region. It is situated on a headland between Pointe-Noire Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Pointe-Noire is the main commercial centre of the country and has a population of 1,420,612 inhabitants in 2023.
Dolisie, known as Loubomo between 1975 and 1991, is a city and a commune. It is the capital of Niari in the south western of the Republic of the Congo, the country's third largest city and an important commercial centre. The city lies on the eastern edge of the coastal rainforest and has a population of 117,920.
The Alphonse Massemba-Débat Stadium in Brazzaville is one of the two national stadiums of the Congo national football team, along with the Stade Municipal de Kintélé. It is used for football matches and also has an athletics track and a handball court. It hosts the home games of CARA Brazzaville and Étoile du Congo. It holds 33,037 people. It was the venue for the 1965 All-Africa Games and the 2004 African Championships in Athletics.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.
Marien Ngouabi University is the only state-funded university in the Republic of the Congo. It is located in the nation's capital Brazzaville.
Congo, officially the Republic of the Congo or Congo Republic, also known as Congo-Brazzaville is a country located on the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo River. It is bordered to the west by Gabon, to the northwest by Cameroon, to the northeast by the Central African Republic, to the southeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south by the Angolan exclave of Cabinda, and to the southwest by the Atlantic Ocean.
The Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge is a proposed road-rail bridge construction project over the Congo River. It will connect the Republic of the Congo with the Democratic Republic of the Congo at their respective capitals, Brazzaville and Kinshasa. The project has proceeded intermittently, but work was slated to begin in 2023 and be completed in 2028.
The Republic of the Congo includes 16 communes, some divided in urban boroughs (arrondissements) and in quarters.
Ouenzé is one of the arrondissements of Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo. It is located in the north of the capital. Brazzaville is divided into seven arrondissements, or districts: Makélékélé (1), Bacongo (2), Poto-Poto (3), Moungali (4), Ouenzé (5), Talangaï (6) and Mfilou (7). The population is about 1000 residents. Most of residents are educated. They speak French, Lingala and Kituba.
On 4 March 2012, a series of blasts occurred at an army arms dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo. At least 300 people were killed by the explosions. Additional bodies were said to be "unfindable." Among the dead were six Chinese workers from a Beijing Construction Engineering Group work site close to the armoury. Interior Minister Raymond Mboulou said that nearby hospitals were overflowing with injuries, with many wounded lying in hallways due to lack of space. Total injuries exceeded 2,500. More than 121,000 people were left homeless and 672 million dollars in damages were done. One survivor described the event as feeling like "the apocalypse;" others described it as "like a tsunami" or "earthquake".
Republic of Congo–India relations are the international relations that exist between India and the Congo. Congo maintains an embassy in New Delhi. India opened an embassy in Brazzaville in November 2019.
The Pool War was a conflict between the Republic of the Congo and the Ninja militia in the Pool Department in the southeastern part of the country. Tensions grew between Frédéric Bintsamou and Congolese president Denis Sassou-Nguesso, after Bintsamou contested modifications to the constitution. Bintsamou was formerly a collaborator of Sassou-Nguesso.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
Bacongo is one of the arrondissements (boroughs) of Brazzaville, the capital of Republic of Congo.
Makélékélé is one of the arrondissements of Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo.
Mfilou is the seventh arrondissements of Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo.
Moungali is one of the arrondissements of Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo.
Talangaï is one of the arrondissements of Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo.
Djiri is one of the arrondissements of Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo.