Lobaye is one of the 16

prefecture A prefecture (from the Latin ''Praefectura'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international ...

s of the

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 ...

. Its capital is

Mbaïki Mbaïki (also spelt Mbaki or M'Baiki) is the capital of Lobaye, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic. It is situated in the southwest of the country, 107 km from the capital Bangui. The economy is based on the coffee and ...

. Emperor

Duy Tân Emperor Duy Tân (, vi-hantu, 維新, lit. "renovation"; 19 September 1900 – 26 December 1945), born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh San, was the 11th emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam, who reigned for nine years between 1907 and 1916. Early ch ...

of Vietnam died here on December 26, 1945 in a plane crash.

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 ...

, the first and third president of the Central African Republic from 1960-1965 and 1979–1981, was from Lobaye.

Location

The prefecture is located in the southern part of the country, bordering the

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

and the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. It shares borders with the prefectures of

Mambéré-Kadéï Mambéré-Kadéï is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. The prefecture covers 30,203 km2 and had a population of 289,688 as of the 2003 census, giving a population density of less than 10 inhabitants/km2. Its capital ...

to the northwest,

Sangha-Mbaéré Sangha-Mbaéré is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Nola Nola is a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. It lies on the plain between Mount Vesuvius an ...

to the west, and

Ombella-M'Poko Ombella-M'Poko is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Bimbo. One important tourist attraction is the Falls of Baoli; however, due to the Baoli dam, the falls only carry water on the weekends. Geography Th ...

to the northeast. It is named for the

Lobaye River The Lobaye River (or Lobay, french: Rivière Lobaye) is a river of the Central African Republic, a right tributary of the Ubangi River. Course The Lobaye River forms in the west of the country, in the prefecture of Nana-Mambéré and flows in a g ...

Economy

Besides Mbaïki, other important cities include Boda, in the north, and

Mongoumba Mongoumba is a town located in the Central African Republic prefecture of 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 pla ...

, by the

Ubangi River The Ubangi River (), also spelled Oubangui, is the largest right-bank tributary of the Congo River in the region of Central Africa. It begins at the confluence of the Mbomou (mean annual discharge 1,350 m3/s) and Uele Rivers (mean annual discharge ...

. Most of the inhabitants are

coffea ''Coffea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. ''Coffea'' species are shrubs or small trees native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia. The seeds of some species, called coffee beans, are use ...

farmers. Most of the farmers are extremely poor; most children do not go to college, and many die due to lack of medical care.

References

Prefectures of the Central African Republic {{CentralAfricanRepublic-geo-stub