Bobangui
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Bobangui is a large M'Baka
village in Lobaye
, Central African Republic
, located at the edge of the equatorial forest some 80 kilometres (49.7 mi) southwest of the capital, Bangui
. Both President Barthélemy Boganda
and Jean-Bédel Bokassa
were born in this village.
Nearby towns and villages include Botoko
(1.0 nm), Karawa
(8.1 nm), Zende
(8.6 nm), Gbokopeteme
(9.2 nm) and Bogombe (1.0 nm).
M'Baka
The M'baka are a minority people in the Central African Republic and northwest Democratic Republic of Congo. The former President and Emperor, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, was M'Baka, as was the CAR's first President, David Dacko and Prime Minister Barthélémy Boganda...
village in Lobaye
Lobaye
Lobaye is one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Mbaïki. The prefecture is located in the southern part of the country, bordering the Congo Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
, Central African Republic
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
, located at the edge of the equatorial forest some 80 kilometres (49.7 mi) southwest of the capital, Bangui
Bangui
-Law and government:Bangui is an autonomous commune of the Central African Republic. With an area of 67 km², it is by far the smallest high-level administrative division of the CAR in area but the highest in population...
. Both President Barthélemy Boganda
Barthélemy Boganda
Barthélemy Boganda was the leading nationalist politician of what is now the Central African Republic. Boganda was active prior to his country's independence, during the period when the area, part of French Equatorial Africa, was administered by France under the name of Oubangui-Chari...
and Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Jean-Bédel Bokassa , a military officer, was the head of state of the Central African Republic and its successor state, the Central African Empire, from his coup d'état on 1 January 1966 until 20 September 1979...
were born in this village.
Nearby towns and villages include Botoko
Botoko
Botoko is a village in the Mbaki district of the Lobaye region in the Central African Republic.Nearby towns and villages include Ndimbi , Mboma , Boubanzegue , Karawa , Bobangui and Mbi .-External links:*...
(1.0 nm), Karawa
Karawa, Central African Republic
Karawa is a village in the Lobaye region in the Central African Republic approximately 55km southwest of the capital, Bangui.Nearby towns and villages include Banza , Kinga , Zende , Bobili , Ndimbi , Botoko and Bobangui .-External links:**...
(8.1 nm), Zende
Zende
Zende is a village in the Lobaye region in the Central African Republic southwest of the capital, Bangui.Nearby towns and villages include Kinga , Karawa , Mbousi , Gbokopeteme and Bobangui .-External links:**...
(8.6 nm), Gbokopeteme
Gbokopeteme
Gbokopeteme is a village in the Lobaye region in the Central African Republic approximately southwest of the capital, Bangui.Nearby towns and villages include Zende , Mbousi , Dimbanga , Ndimango , Tongolo , Peketo , Bobangui , Bogombe and Boyama ....
(9.2 nm) and Bogombe (1.0 nm).