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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 River (); the Ubangi itself was named from the Bobangi word for the "rapids" located beside the settlement, which marked the end of navigable water north from Brazzaville. The majority of the population of the Central African Republic lives in the western parts of the country, in Bangui and the surrounding area.
Ubangi River
largest tributary of the Congo River in the region of Central Africa
Gbadolite
Gbadolite or Gbado-Lite () is the capital of Nord-Ubangi Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town is located south of the Ubangi River at the border to the Central African Republic and northeast of the national capital Kinshasa. Gbadolite was the ancestral home and residence of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, later self-styled as Mobutu Sese Seko where airport, colleges, malls, supermarkets and libraries were built by the President in a program of modernization. Gbadolite is where Mobutu led the summit that would produce the Gbadolite Declaration, a short-lived ceasefire in the Angolan
Impfondo
Impfondo is a town and a commune in the northeastern Republic of the Congo lying on the Oubangui River. It is home to an airport and is linked by river barge to Brazzaville and to Bangui. It is the administrative centre of the Likouala Department and the Impfondo District.
Mobaye
Mobaye is a settlement with a population of 7,176 (2003 census) in the Basse-Kotto prefecture of Central African Republic. It lies on the Ubangi River.
Mobayi-Mbongo
thumb|left|The best dancer on the Ubangi at Banzyville, 1906 thumb|left|Bananas being brought by children into Banzyville, 1906 Mobayi-Mbongo, formerly known as Banzyville or Banzystad, is a town in Nord-Ubangi Province, in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Ubangi River. It lies opposite the Central African town of Mobaye. It is the administrative center of the territory of the same name. As of 2012 the estimated population was 5,640.
Bétou
Bétou is a town in the far north of the Republic of the Congo, situated in the right bank of the Ubangi River in the Likouala Department. It is on the border with the Central African Republic, and is approximately from the border by road or by river.
Dongou
Dongou is a town and the seat of Dongou District in the Likouala Department of northeastern Republic of the Congo.