Bangui

Summary

Bangui is a city^[1]. Bangui ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (534 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 image is recorded as Bangui City Centre.jpg^[7].
• Bangui's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Bangui's instance of is recorded as prefecture of the Central African Republic^[9].
• Bangui's instance of is recorded as border city^[10].
• Bangui's instance of is recorded as big city^[11].
• Bangui's official language is recorded as French^[12].
• Bangui's official language is recorded as Sango^[13].
• Bangui's shares border with is recorded as Ombella-M'Poko Prefecture^[14].
• Bangui's shares border with is recorded as Sud-Ubangi^[15].
• Ubangi River is named after Bangui^[16].
• Bangui's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dodoma^[17].
• Bangui's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chécy^[18].
• Bangui's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 147752788^[19].
• Bangui's GND ID is recorded as 4080257-7^[20].
• Bangui's locator map image is recorded as Central African Republic - Bangui (+special marker).svg^[21].
• Bangui's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81018836^[22].
• Bangui's IdRef ID is recorded as 027376303^[23].
• Bangui's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as CF-BGF^[24].
• Bangui's Commons category is recorded as Bangui^[25].
• Bangui's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[26].
• Bangui's local dialing code is recorded as 22^[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's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+67339690'}^[28]. Bangui's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+369'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+734350'}^[30], {'amount': '+622771'}^[31], {'amount': '+889231'}^[32], {'amount': '+427435'}^[33], {'amount': '+684190'}^[34], and {'amount': '+747109'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], prefecture of the Central African Republic^[9], border city^[10], and big city^[11].

History and Context

+1889-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bangui^[36]. Ubangi River is named after Bangui^[16].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bangui include Bangui M'Poko International Airport^[37], an international airport^[38], in Central African Republic^[39].

Why It Matters

Bangui ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (534 views/month).^[2] Bangui has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Bangui is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for Bangui include Bangui M'Poko International Airport^[37], an international airport^[38], in Central African Republic^[39].