Bamingui is a town and sub-prefecture in the

Bamingui-Bangoran Bamingui-Bangoran is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. It covers an area of 58,200 km² and had a population of 38,437 as of the 2003 census. The population density of 0.66/km² is the lowest in the country. The capit ...

Prefecture in the northern

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 ...

. It lies on the south bank of the

Chari River The Chari River, or Shari River, is a long river, flowing in Central Africa. It is Lake Chad's main source of water. Geography The Chari River flows from the Central African Republic through Chad into Lake Chad, following the Cameroon border f ...

(Bamingui River) along National Route 8, by road northeast of the capital of

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 ...

. As of 2003 it had a population of 6230 people.

History

When the fighting resumed in December 2012 between the FACA loyalists and the rebel coalition of

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� ...

, the city fell to rebel forces. On 25 June 2021 it was recaptured by government forces during their offensive against rebels from

Coalition of Patriots for Change The Coalition of Patriots for Change (''Coalition des patriotes pour le changement'') is a coalition of major rebel groups in the Central African Republic created in 2020 to disrupt the 2020–21 Central African general election. Background O ...

.Central African Republic Control Map & Timeline - July 2021
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References

Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic Populated places in Bamingui-Bangoran {{CentralAfricanRepublic-geo-stub