Bangui

Summary

Bangui is a city^[1]. Bangui ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,186 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bangui is located in Central African Republic^[3].
• Bangui is in the country of Central African Republic^[4].
• Bangui is on the body of water Ubangi River^[5].
• Bangui's head of government is recorded as Émile Gros Raymond Nakombo^[6].
• Bangui's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Bangui's instance of is recorded as prefecture of the Central African Republic^[8].
• Bangui's instance of is recorded as border city^[9].
• Bangui's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Bangui's official language is recorded as French^[11].
• Bangui's official language is recorded as Sango^[12].
• Bangui's shares border with is recorded as Ombella-M'Poko Prefecture^[13].
• Bangui's shares border with is recorded as Sud-Ubangi^[14].
• Ubangi River is named after Bangui^[15].
• Bangui's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dodoma^[16].
• Bangui's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chécy^[17].
• Bangui's Commons category is recorded as Bangui^[18].
• Bangui's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[19].
• Bangui's local dialing code is recorded as 22^[20].
• January 1, 1889 marks the founding of Bangui^[21].
• Bangui's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 4.37325, 'lon': 18.562833333333}^[22].
• Bangui's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bangui^[23].
• Bangui has a population of {'amount': '+734350'}^[24].
• Bangui has a population of {'amount': '+622771'}^[25].
• Bangui has a population of {'amount': '+889231'}^[26].
• Bangui has a population of {'amount': '+427435'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Bangui is in the country of Central African Republic^[4]. Bangui is located in Central African Republic^[3]. Bangui is on the body of water Ubangi River^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Bangui covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+67339690'}^[28]. Bangui sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+369'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+734350'}^[24], {'amount': '+622771'}^[25], {'amount': '+889231'}^[26], {'amount': '+427435'}^[27], {'amount': '+684190'}^[30], and {'amount': '+747109'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], prefecture of the Central African Republic^[8], border city^[9], and big city^[10].

History and Context

January 1, 1889 marks the founding of Bangui^[21]. Ubangi River is named after Bangui^[15].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bangui include Bangui M'Poko International Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in Central African Republic^[34].

Why It Matters

Bangui ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,186 views/month).^[2] Bangui has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Bangui is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Bangui include Bangui M'Poko International Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in Central African Republic^[34].