Dekoa

Dekoa[1] (Dékoua[2]) is a sub-prefecture and town in the Kémo Prefecture of the south-eastern Central African Republic.

Dekoa

Dékoua
Sub-prefecture and town
Sub-prefectures of Kémo
Dekoa
Location in the Central African Republic
Coordinates: 6°19′N 19°4′E
Country Central African Republic
PrefectureKémo
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

History

In the nineteenth century freebooter Rabih az-Zubayr brought Dekoa under his sway and made it a part of the Bornu Empire. In March 1899, the sultan captured and imprisoned the explorer Ferdinand de Béhagle at Dekoa. Béhagle was subsequently hanged after the French battled the sultan's troops at Kouno in October of that year.[3][4]

Three UN peacekeepers from Burundi are killed in Dekoa and Bakouma on December 26, 2020, one day before the 2020 Central African general election.[5]

Notes
  1. Dekoa (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. Dékoua (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. Kalck, Pierre (2005). Historical Dictionary Of The Central African Republic. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-8108-4913-6.
  4. Zakari, Maikorema (1979). Rabih au Bornou (1893-1900): une étape de la colonisation française (in French). Niamey, France: Institut de recherches en sciences humaines, Université de Niamey. p. 84. OCLC 7554186.
  5. "Three UN peacekeepers killed in CAR ahead of Sunday's elections". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. December 26, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.


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