Bamingui

Bamingui is a town and sub-prefecture in the Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture in the northern Central African Republic.[1] It lies on the south bank of the Chari River (Bamingui River) along National Route 8, 529 kilometres (329 mi) by road northeast of the capital of Bangui.[2] As of 2003 it had a population of 6230 people. When the fighting resumed in December 2012 between the FACA loyalists and the rebel coalition of Séléka, the city fell to rebel forces.[3][4]

Bamingui
Bamingui
Location in the Central African Republic
Coordinates: 7°34′N 20°11′E
Country Central African Republic
PrefectureBamingui-Bangoran
Sub-prefectureBamingui
Population
 (2003)
 • Total6,230
Time zoneUTC + 1

References
  1. Maplandia world gazetteer
  2. Google (30 March 2013). "Bamingui" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. "Centrafrique: Bangui sous la menace des rebelles". Le Figaro (in French). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  4. "La France n'est pas en Centrafrique pour y protéger «un régime". Libération (in French). 27 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.


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