Timeline of Brazzaville

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

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  2. ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Republic of the Congo". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Republic of Congo profile: Timeline". BBC News . 12 July 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Les arrondissements". Brazzaville.cg (in French). Commune de Brazzaville, Congo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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  6. 1 2 3 "Patrimoines et monuments". Brazzaville.cg (in French). Commune de Brazzaville, Congo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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  9. ↑ Nora Greani (2012). "Soixante ans de création à l'École de peinture de Poto Poto (Congo-Brazzaville)". Cahiers d'études africaines (in French) (205): 259–267 – via Revues.org. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  10. 1 2 "Tableau synoptique des maires" (in French). Commune de Brazzaville, Congo. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Brazzaville en bref". Brazzaville.cg (in French). Commune de Brazzaville, Congo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  12. ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ↑ "Coopération". Brazzaville.cg (in French). Commune de Brazzaville, Congo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  14. ↑ John F. Clark; Samuel Decalo (2012). Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo (4th ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-7989-8.
  15. ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2004. United Nations Statistics Division.
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  17. 1 2 "Présentation du bâtiment". Institutfrancais-congo.com (in French). Brazzaville. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  18. ↑ Tens of thousands rally against changes to Congo's constitution, Reuters, 27 September 2015
  19. ↑ Four killed in protest over plan to extend Congo Republic president's rule, Reuters, 20 October 2015
  20. ↑ Gunbattles rock Brazzaville in wake of disputed Congo election, Reuters, 4 April 2016
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