Oubangui-Chari

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Oubangui-Chari was a former French colonial territory in central Africa that later became the modern nation of the Central African Republic.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Haut-Oubangui 1
Oubangui-Chari canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative unit
former French colony
former territory
administrativeCenter Bangui
administrativeLevel territory
borderedBy Belgian Congo
Cameroon (German colony, later French mandate)
linked to: German Kamerun

Chad (French colony)
linked to: Chad

French Congo
Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan)
capital Bangui
colonialEconomyBasedOn agriculture
cotton
timber
colonialFederation French Equatorial Africa
colonialPower France
colonialStatus autonomous territory within French Community (late 1950s)
continent Africa
country French colonial empire
currency CFA franc
dateDissolved 1960
dateEstablished 1903
dateRenamed 1958
establishedAsColony 1903
establishedBy France
flagUsed French tricolour
governmentType colonial administration
historicalRegion Ubangi-Shari region
linked to: Ubangi-Shari
independenceDate 1960-08-13
independenceFrom France
independenceMovementResult Central African Republic independence
locatedIn Central Africa
metropole France
namedAfter Chari River
Ubangi River
officialLanguage French
partOf French Equatorial Africa
politicalTransition became Central African Republic in 1958
became autonomous territory in 1958
predecessor French Congo (in part)
region equatorial Africa
renamedAs Central African Republic
successorState Central African Republic
timePeriod 20th century
usedLegalSystem French law

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Ubangi-Shari historicalRegion Oubangui-Chari
Ubangi-Shari predecessorState Haut-Oubangui
linked to: Oubangui-Chari