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Bamingui

Bamingui-Bangorantown

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Bamingui

Elevation431 m
Coordinates7.56°, 20.18°

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City facts

Elevation
431 m

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Overview

Bamingui is a town and sub-prefecture in the Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture in the northern Central African Republic. It lies on the south bank of the Chari River along National Route 8, 529 kilometres (329 mi) by road northeast of the capital of Bangui. As of 2003 it had a population of 6230 people.

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History & geography

History

When the fighting resumed in December 2012 between the FACA loyalists and the rebel coalition of Séléka, the city fell to rebel forces. On 25 June 2021 it was recaptured by government forces during their offensive against rebels from Coalition of Patriots for Change.

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Geography

Latitude
7.5595
Longitude
20.1773
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
404
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • wahrindi
    Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · Animalia
    39
  • Characin
    Brycinus nurse (Rüppell, 1832) · Animalia
    29
  • Nile tilapia
    Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Animalia
    24
  • African Catfish
    Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) · Animalia
    16
  • common freshwater amphipod
    Gammarus pulex (Linnaeus, 1758) · Malacostraca
    14
  • Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
    Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) · Animalia
    11
  • Twilight Darner
    Gynacantha nervosa Rambur, 1842 · Insecta
    10
  • African Butter Catfish
    Schilbe mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Animalia
    10

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

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Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
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