Bambari

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Bambari
Location in Central African Republic
Coordinates: 05°45′55″N20°40′27″E / 5.76528°N 20.67417°E / 5.76528; 20.67417
Country Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
Prefecture Ouaka
Government
 • MayorAbel Matchipata [1]
Elevation
465 m (1,526 ft)
Population
 (2012) [2]
 • Total41,486

Bambari is a town in the Central African Republic, lying on the Ouaka River. It has a population of 41,356 (2003 census) and is the capital of Ouaka prefecture. Bambari is an important market town and is home to Bambari Airport, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bambari.

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History

Anti-balaka fighters in Bambari, 2014 ABBambari.png
Anti-balaka fighters in Bambari, 2014

Bambari was electrified in 1970. [3]

On 23 December 2012 Bambari was captured by rebels from Séléka coalition. [4]

On 24 June 2014 100 Anti-balaka fighters attacked Bambari. 46 people were killed and 28 wounded. [5] In 2015 it was reported that Bambari was split with Anti-balaka controlling the part west of Oukana river and ex-Seleka controlling the eastern part of the city. [6]

On 22 February 2017 Ali Darassa and most rebels from Union for Peace in the Central African Republic withdrew from Bambari. Anti-balaka leader followed shortly after. [7] On 10 January 2019 UPC rebels attacked Bambari. The attack was repelled after seven days of battle by government and international forces. More than 40 rebels were killed. On 8 December 2020 clashes erupted between FACA and UPC rebels in Bambari resulting in a few rebels being killed. [8] On 22 December UPC took control of Bambari. [9] They withdrew day after, [10] but later returned. Government forces finally fully recaptured Bambari on 18 February 2021. [11]

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw). [12]

Climate data for Bambari
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)33.7
(92.7)		35.3
(95.5)		34.7
(94.5)		32.4
(90.3)		31.4
(88.5)		30.5
(86.9)		29.2
(84.6)		29.7
(85.5)		30.3
(86.5)		31.
(88)		32.4
(90.3)		33.1
(91.6)		32.0
(89.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)25.3
(77.5)		27.1
(80.8)		27.5
(81.5)		26.4
(79.5)		25.8
(78.4)		25.1
(77.2)		24.4
(75.9)		24.6
(76.3)		24.7
(76.5)		25.1
(77.2)		24.7
(76.5)		24.2
(75.6)		25.4
(77.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)16.9
(62.4)		19
(66)		20.4
(68.7)		20.5
(68.9)		20.2
(68.4)		19.7
(67.5)		19.7
(67.5)		19.5
(67.1)		19.2
(66.6)		19.2
(66.6)		17.1
(62.8)		15.3
(59.5)		18.9
(66.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)10
(0.4)		30
(1.2)		80
(3.1)		105
(4.1)		174
(6.9)		171
(6.7)		194
(7.6)		221
(8.7)		228
(9.0)		209
(8.2)		41
(1.6)		8
(0.3)		1,471
(57.8)
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 442m [12]

Mining

Large deposits of iron ore have been discovered in the vicinity of Bambari, though the considerable distance to the sea—1500 km—probably makes exploitatation of these reserves doubtful in the near future. A heavy duty railway and a deepwater port in a neighbouring country would be required.

The mining resource also includes iron deposits at Bakala.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "le procureur de Bambari, le magistrat Olivier Mbombo, n'a pas été "gravement tabassé" par des russes". 30 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on January 11, 2013.
  3. ↑ Rius, Juan Fandos; Bradshaw, Richard (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 251. ISBN   9780810879928.
  4. ↑ "CAR rebels seize biggest, most southern town yet". Reuters. 23 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic Archived 2021-09-29 at the Wayback Machine , 1 August 2014
  6. ↑ “One day, we will start a big war”
  7. ↑ Report of the Secretary-General on the Central, 2 June 2017
  8. ↑ "RCA : Bambari, les soldats FACA et les rebelles de l'UPC renforcent leurs positions". 10 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "Alerte info : la ville de Bambari (Centre) vient de tomber aux mains des rebelles". 22 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "RCA : retour au calme à Bambari après le départ des rebelles". 23 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "RCA : Bambari, les rebelles se retirent complètement de la ville et occupent les villages périphériques". 18 February 2021.
  12. 1 2 "Climate: Bambari - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

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