Baoro
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Place details
- Locality
- Baoro (Bawi-Tédoa)
- Region
- Nana-Mambéré
- Country
- Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka / République centrafricaine
- Population
- 18,089
- Timezone
- Africa/Bangui
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Baoro
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Baoro City.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Central African Republic
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Central African Republic
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Central African Republic
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nana-Mambéré
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.leader_title
- Sub-prefect
- Settlement.leader_name
- James Chantal Pokossi Gbapelet
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
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- History
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Baoro is a town located in the Central African Republic prefecture of Nana-Mambéré.
== History == On 20 January 2014 Seleka withdrew from Baoro. Two days later armed Anti-balaka fighters attacked the town killing civilians. Muslims were able to repel the attack and in respinse started killing Christian civilians resulting in more than 100 deads. On 29 January Anti-balaka took control of the town after last Muslims left. In July 2017 Baoro was reportedly under control of security forces (gendarmerie). On 28 December 2020 rebels from CPC took control of the town. Government forces recuptured it on 8 February 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baoro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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