Brazzaville

Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, sits on the north bank of the Congo River directly across from Kinshasa — making it one of the few capital cities in the world facing another capital across a shared waterway. The walkable centre has a real café and restaurant scene, and the city carries a significant 20th-century history as the capital of Free France from 1940 to 1942 and of French Equatorial Africa from 1910 to 1958.

• Population1,982,000
• Nearest water from center 3.6 km2.2 mi
• Nearest mountain from center 7.4 km4.6 mi