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English: Astronaut's satellite photo of Brazzaville, on the north bank of the Congo River at the western Pool Malebo section. In the southeastern Republic of Congo. Kinshasa is across the river, on the southwest bank. Taken from the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 8 on December 29, 2003.
One page that is dedicated to celebrating photography from history is Old-Time Photos on Facebook. This account shares digitized versions of photos from the late 1800s all the way up to the 1980s ...
The Republic of the Congo, or simply Congo, [3] is a distinct country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo. [18] Brazzaville's name derives from the colony's founder, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazzà, an Italian nobleman whose title referred to the town of Brazzacco, in the Italian comune of Moruzzo in Friuli Venezia ...
The Pool Malebo, formerly Stanley Pool, also known as Mpumbu, Lake Nkunda or Lake Nkuna by local indigenous people in pre-colonial times, [1] [2] is a lake-like widening in the lower reaches of the Congo River. [3] The river serves as the border between the Republic of the Congo to the north and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south.
Downriver the Congo has numerous rapids, known as Livingston Falls, preventing navigation upriver to this point from its mouth at the Atlantic. Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is located on the southern bank of the Congo, directly across from Brazzaville. To distinguish between the two African countries that have ...
Poto-Poto is one of Brazzaville's seven arrondissements or administrative districts. ... which is the largest mosque in Congo and holds nearly 2000 worshippers; ...
The Trois Glorieuses (lit. ' Three Glorious Days ') was an uprising in Congo-Brazzaville which occurred from August 13 to 15, 1963. The uprising ended the rule of the first Congolese President, Fulbert Youlou, as the opposition trade union movement and Congolese Youth Union struck an alliance with the army.
This is a list of cities and towns in the Republic of the Congo with population of 4,000 or more, according to 2023 census. [1] [2] List ... Brazzaville: 1,373,382: ...