Mobaye

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Mobaye
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Mobaye
Location in Central African Republic
Coordinates: 4°19′31.6″N21°10′40.1″E / 4.325444°N 21.177806°E / 4.325444; 21.177806
Country Central African Republic
Prefecture Basse-Kotto
Government
 • Sub-PrefectSaturnin Ngouka [1]
Population
 (2003)
 • Total
7,176

Mobaye is a settlement with a population of 7,176 (2003 census) in the Basse-Kotto prefecture of Central African Republic. [2] It lies on the Ubangi River. [3]

History

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Anti-balaka fighter in Mobaye, 2019

On 8 February 2013 Mobaye was captured by Séléka rebels. [4] In September 2019 Mobaye was reportedly under joint control of Anti-balaka and Union for Peace in the Central African Republic. [5] On 4 May 2021 Mobaye was recaptured by government forces. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Oubangui Medias, Oubangui Medias. "Centrafrique : Décrets portant nomination des Gouverneurs, des Préfets et des Sous-Préfets". oubanguimedias.com. Oubangui Medias. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Central African Republic". City Population. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Clive Alfred Spinager (2012). "20.8 CAR and Chad". African Ecology: Benchmarks and Historical Perspectives. Springer. p. 989.
  4. ↑ Situation Report No. 6 (as of 18 February 2013)
  5. ↑ Letter dated 6 December 2019 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to resolution 2454 (2019) addressed to the President of the Security Council , page 26
  6. ↑ RCA : la ville de Mobaye, chef-lieu de la Basse-Kotto, a été reprise par les forces alliées ce mardi soir, 4 May 2021

4°19′31.6″N21°10′40.1″E / 4.325444°N 21.177806°E / 4.325444; 21.177806

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