Ubangi-Shari
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Ubangi-Shari () was a French colony in central Africa, a part of French Equatorial Africa. It was named after the Ubangi and Chari rivers along which it was colonised.
Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Ubangi-Shari
- Former country.common_name
- Ubangi-Shari
- Former country.empire
- France
- Former country.status
- Colony of France
- Former country.life_span
- 1903–1960
- Former country.image_flag
- Flag of France.svg
- Former country.national_anthem
- "La Marseillaise"
- Former country.image_map
- ubangi-shari map.png
- Former country.languages
- French
- Former country.languages2_sub
- yes
- Former country.languages2
- Sango
- Former country.established_date1
- 29 December 1903
- Former country.established_date2
- 15 January 1910
- Former country.established_date3
- 12 April 1916
- Former country.established_date4
- 30 June 1934
- Former country.established_date5
- 31 December 1937
- Former country.established_date6
- 1 December 1958
- Former country.established_date7
- 13 August 1960
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- French Equatorial Africa
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Bangui
- Official language
- French
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- Commons category
- Oubangui-Chari
- inception
- 1889-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Ubangi-Shari
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1958-00-00
- native label
- Oubangui-Chari
- language used
- French
- replaced by
- French Equatorial Africa
- replaces
- Dar al Kuti
- territory claimed by
- France
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
- External links
Ubangi-Shari () was a French colony in central Africa, a part of French Equatorial Africa. It was named after the Ubangi and Chari rivers along which it was colonised.
Established on 29 December 1903 from the Upper Ubangi (') and Upper Shari (') territories of the French Congo, it was renamed the Central African Republic (CAR) on 1 December 1958, and gained independence on 13 August 1960.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ubangi-Shari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.