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Bangui city overview
Bangui is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi River ; the Ubangi itself was named from the Bobangi word for the "rapids" located beside the settlement, which marked the end of navigable water north from Brazzaville.
City facts
Known forBangui, Capital and largest city of the Central African Republic, Bangui planning base 3, Bangui planning base 4
RegionCentral African RepublicCentral African Republic
Time zoneAfrica/Banguilocal time
Founded800historical origin
City history
The site closest to Bangui is Pendere-Sengue, 800 metres (2,600 ft) from Independence Avenue, where archaeologists and conservation agencies have carried out studies.
The modern settlement of Bangui was founded by Michel Dolisie and Alfred Uzac on 26 June 1889 on the direction of Brazzaville administrator Albert Dolisie.
The colony of Ubangi-Shari received its autonomy in 1958 as the Central African Republic and became independent from France in 1960.
In 1970, President Jean-Bédel Bokassa inaugurated the University of Bangui.
On 25 October 2002, several towns in the country and later Bangui itself were attacked by the forces of General François Bozizé, backed with international support.
Several of its neighbourhoods are in low-lying areas prone to recurrent flooding with severe rains in June and July 2009 leaving 11,000 people homeless.
The agreement was not honoured and the rebels captured Bangui on 23 March 2013, forcing Bozizé to flee the capital.
The initial capitals of these areas were at les Abiras and Fort de Possel further upstream, but the rapids at Bangui blocked them from direct communication along the river and caused the settlement there.
Bangui retained its importance as a military and administrative centre when the colony was folded into French Equatorial Africa and under both Vichy and Free French control during World War II.
He established the national airline Air Centrafrique the following year and ordered the construction of two new luxury hotels in Bangui.
It was reported in the French media that she had been Bokassa's mistress and that he was responsible for her murder.
As a result, Bokassa banned import of French newspapers and assumed control of the Agence France-Presse office in Bangui.
Bozizé refused to accept an arrest warrant and "defected with about a hundred troops, engaged in street battles in the northern neighborhoods of Bangui (traditionally supporting Patassé)" and went north.
Peace-keeping forces were ineffective, leaving Patassé isolated, and with support from Chad, Bozizé's troops were successful in removing Patassé's government.
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Capital and largest city of the Central African Republic
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