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Bangui
4.37° N, 18.56° E
- Population
- 831,925
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 16
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 16 cities of Central African Republic in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Central African Republic, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1889
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 369 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 67 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Named after
- Ubangi River
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- Africa/Bangui
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Bangui, from the same records as the rest of this page.
Country
Central African RepublicCountry profileOn the ground
No mapped places yetDistricts not mappedNo places in Bangui have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Bangui means "rapids" in the local Bobangui language because the city is above the first great rapid on the Ubangi River.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
Connections
Sister cities
- Dodoma
- and 1 more
