Bobangui (or Bougangui) is a large

M'Baka The Mbaka are a minority ethnic group in the Central African Republic and northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo.. The M'Baka speak the Mbaka language and have a population of roughly 300,000. Language The Mbakas speak Mbaka language, a Uba ...

village in

Lobaye Lobaye is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Mbaïki. Emperor Duy Tân of Vietnam died here on December 26, 1945 in a plane crash. David Dacko, the first and third president of the Central African Republic fr ...

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

, located at the edge of the equatorial forest some southwest of the capital,

Bangui Bangui () (or Bangî in Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) 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 ...

. The first Prime Minister of the Central African Republic,

Barthélemy Boganda Barthélemy Boganda (c. 1910 – 29 March 1959) was a Central African politician and independence activist. Boganda was active prior to his country's independence, during the period when the area, part of French Equatorial Africa, was administe ...

, the first President of the Central African Republic,

David Dacko David Dacko (; 1927 – 21 November 2003) was a Central African politician who served as the first president of the Central African Republic from 14 August 1960 to 1 January 1966, and 3rd President from 21 September 1979 to 1 September 1981. Af ...

, and the emperor of the Central African Empire,

Jean-Bédel Bokassa Jean-Bédel Bokassa (; 22 February 1921 – 3 November 1996), also known as Bokassa I, was a Central African political and military leader who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR) and as the emperor of its s ...

, were from Bobangui. Nearby towns and villages include

Botoko Botoko is a village in the Mbaki district of the Lobaye region in the Central African Republic. Nearby towns and villages include Ndimbi (2.9 nm), Mboma (2.2 nm), Boubanzegue (1.0 nm), Karawa (7.6 nm), Bobangui (1.0 nm) ...

(1.0 nm), Diligba, Bobanzengue, Bonguélé, Gbabili, M'Banza, Bossako, Yéma, Sabé. Karawa (8.1 nm), Zende (8.6 nm),

Gbokopeteme Gbokopeteme is a village in the Lobaye region in the Central African Republic approximately southwest of the capital, Bangui Bangui () (or Bangî in Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central ...

(9.2 nm) and Bogombe (1.0 nm). The great "king" of this village named Morouba.

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Populated places in Lobaye {{CentralAfricanRepublic-geo-stub