Editing Brazzaville (section)

==Government==
[[File:刚果布援助大桥夜景.jpg|thumb|Brazzaville Bridge at night]]
{{see also|List of mayors of Brazzaville}}
Brazzaville, like Pointe-Noire, is a [[Communes of the Republic of the Congo|commune]] (municipality) and a [[Departments of the Republic of the Congo|department]] but not with the same area.<ref name="laws 12-14">Laws n° 12 to 14-2011 {{cite web |url=https://www.sgg.cg/JO/2011/congo-jo-2011-21.pdf |title=JO n° 21-2011 |date=2011-05-26 |format=PDF |pages=581,585-586 |publisher={{lang|fr|Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement - Journal Officiel}} |website=sgg.cg |access-date=2023-09-02|language=fr }}</ref> It is governed by a municipal council and a departmental council. The mayor is the president of the municipal council.<ref>Brazzaville.cg (site officiel de la commune de Brazzaville), "[http://www.brazzaville.cg/fr/l%E2%80%99administration-municipale L'administration municipale] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721051925/http://www.brazzaville.cg/fr/l%E2%80%99administration-municipale |date=21 July 2017 }}"; accessed 16 July 2017.</ref>

The commune is divided into nine ''[[arrondissement]]s'' (boroughs), each with an official number:<ref name=arrond>{{cite web |url=http://www.brazzaville.cg/fr/les-arrondissements |access-date=12 September 2017 |title=Les arrondissements |work=Brazzaville.cg |language=fr |publisher=Commune de Brazzaville, Congo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192649/http://www.brazzaville.cg/fr/les-arrondissements |archive-date=12 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
#[[Makélékélé]] 
#[[Bacongo (Brazzaville)|Bacongo]] 
#[[Poto-Poto]] 
#[[Moungali]] 
#[[Ouenzé]]
#[[Talangaï]]
#[[Mfilou]]
#[[Madibou]]
#[[Djiri (Brazzaville)|Djiri]]

The department includes the area of the commune and, since 2011, the new district of [[Ile Mbamou]].<ref name="laws 12-14"/>