Ouham-Pendé
Ouham-Pendé | |
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 Ouham-Pendé, prefecture of Central African Republic | |
 Subprefectures of Ouham-Pendé before Dec. 2020 | |
| Country | Central African Republic |
| Capital | Bozoum |
| Government | |
| • Prefect | Geneviève Chour Gbadin[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 18,520 km2 (7,150 sq mi) |
| Population (2003 census) | |
• Total | 430,506 |
• Estimate (2024 estimation[2]) | 254,649 |
Ouham-Pendé is one of the 20 prefectures of the Central African Republic.[3][4] Its capital is Bozoum.
The prefecture covers an area of 18,520 km² and, according to official estimates, its population was 254,649 inhabitants in 2024.[2] At the time of the country's last official census, in 2003, the population was 430,506 inhabitants in an area of 32,100 km².[5] These are data from before December 2020, when part of the territory was dismembered to create the Lim-Pendé prefecture.[6]
In the north it has a border with Cameroon and Chad. In the south is the prefecture Ombella-Mpoko, in the south-west the prefecture Nana-Mambéré and in the east the prefecture Ouham.
The region has contained several ghost towns such as Goroumo due to government forces ransacking them and armed bandits killing all the male inhabitants over the years from 2005 to 2008.[7][8]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Oubangui Medias, Oubangui Medias. "Centrafrique : Décrets portant nomination des Gouverneurs, des Préfets et des Sous-Préfets". oubanguimedias.com. Oubangui Medias. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Population de la République Centrafricaine en 2021 et 2024". icasees.org (in French). Institut centrafricain de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Sociales. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "Population Prefecture". stat-centrafrique.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Central African Republic Prefectures". statoids.com. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Population Prefecture". stat-centrafrique.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "La Centrafrique dispose désormais de 20 préfectures et de 84 sous-préfectures". oubanguimedias.com (in French). Oubangui Médias. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ^ "Massacre haunts CAR villagers". BBC. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ "Deserted villages and abandoned lives". BBC. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
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