Bamingui

Bamingui is a town and sub-prefecture in the Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture in the northern Central African Republic.^[2] It lies on the south bank of the Chari River (Bamingui River) along National Route 8, 529 kilometres (329 mi) by road northeast of the capital of Bangui.^[3] As of 2003 it had a population of 6230 people.

Bamingui
Bamingui Location in the Central African Republic
Coordinates: 7°34′N 20°11′E
Country	Central African Republic
Prefecture	Bamingui-Bangoran
Sub-prefecture	Bamingui
Government
• Sub-Prefect	Théophile Gandola[1]
Population  (2003)
• Total	6,230
Time zone	UTC + 1

History

When the fighting resumed in December 2012 between the FACA loyalists and the rebel coalition of Séléka, the city fell to rebel forces.^[4][5] On 25 June 2021 it was recaptured by government forces during their offensive against rebels from Coalition of Patriots for Change.^[6]