Official Name: | Bamingui |
Pushpin Map: | Central African Republic |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Central African Republic |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Central African Republic |
Subdivision Type1: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name1: | Bamingui-Bangoran |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Bamingui |
Leader Title: | Sub-Prefect |
Leader Name: | Théophile Gandola[1] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2003 |
Population Total: | 6230 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | UTC + 1 |
Coordinates: | 7.5667°N 31°W |
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, by road northeast of the capital of Bangui. As of 2003 it had a population of 6230 people.
When the fighting resumed in December 2012 between the FACA loyalists and the rebel coalition of Séléka, the city fell to rebel forces.[3] [4] On 25 June 2021 it was recaptured by government forces during their offensive against rebels from Coalition of Patriots for Change.[5]