Bangui (caf)

Bangui

Bangui ranks 1,823rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Huddinge Municipality, Požarevac, and Stirling. Memorable people born in Bangui include Faustin-Archange Touadéra, André Kolingba, and Félix Moloua. Memorable people who died in Bangui include Jean-Bédel Bokassa, and Abel Goumba. Bangui has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians. Bangui is located in Central African Republic.

Bangui is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi River ; the Ubangi itself was named from the Bobangi word for the "rapids" located beside the settlement, which marked the end of navigable water north from Brazzaville. The majority of the population of the Central African Republic lives in the western parts of the country, in Bangui and the surrounding area. Read more on Wikipedia