Bang is a village located near the

Cameroon–Central African Republic border The Cameroon–Central African Republic border is 901 km (560 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Chad in the north to the tripoint with the Republic of the Congo in the south. Description The border starts in the north at t ...

Lim-Pendé Lim-Pendé is a prefecture in Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to Central African Repub ...

Prefecture, Central African Republic. The village holds economic importance for the government since it generates customs revenue.

History

RJ captured Bang from

Séléka Séléka CPSK-CPJP-UFDR was an alliance of rebel militia groups that subjugated the Central African Republic (CAR) on 24 March 2013. After its official dissolution in September 2013, the remaining rebel groups became known as Ex-Séléka. Sél� ...

on 10 February 2014. At the end of February, a fire incident occurred in Bang. It razed 520 houses, leading the villagers to flee the village. They only returned to Bang in March 2014. Bang was liberated by

MISCA The African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (, MISCA) was an African Union peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic. It was established on 5 December 2013 by United Nations Security Council resolut ...

on 1 July 2014. Together with

Ngaoundaye Ngaoundaye is a sub-prefecture of Lim-Pendé in the Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to ...

, RJ rebels encircled Bang on 15 June 2016. RJ attacked Bang on 4 April 2017. Bang fell to RJ's hand on 10 July 2017. This incident led the Cameroon authorities to close the border, causing the locals to be unable to go to the market in Mbaiboum.

MINUSCA United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (also called MINUSCA, which is an initialism of its French name Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations unies pour la stabilisation en C ...

liberated the village on 10 October 2017. Three days later, around 1500 villagers returned to Bang. Fifty 3R attacked Bang on 28 December 2018 and managed to capture the village. 3R rebels occupied Bang on 22 July 2020. 3R rebels attacked the village on 14-15 April 2025. The government forces were able to repulse the attack.

Education

The village has one school.

Healthcare

There is one health post in Bang.

References

Populated places in Lim-Pendé {{CentralAfricanRepublic-geo-stub