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Ubangi District is shown on maps of 1910, 1912 and 1926 with somewhat different boundaries on each map. [4] Équateur Province was created in 1917. [5]As of 1926 the province included the districts of Ubangi, Bangala, Lulonga, Équateur and Lac Léopold II.
Ubangi Province (1962−1966) was a former province in the north of Zaire, formed from a division of the first Équateur Province. [ 1 ] It was then reincorporated into Équateur Province in 1966.
Coquilhatville Province was renamed Équateur Province in 1947. By 1954 it had again been divided into Equateur, Tshuapa, Mongala, Ubangi. [3] Mongala and Ubangi roughly corresponded to the former Bangala and Ubangi districts that made up Congo-Ubangi District. Today the region is divided into the Mongala, Nord-Ubangi and Sud-Ubangi provinces.
Nord-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province. [ 2 ] The province is located in the northwestern part of the country on the Ubangi River and was formed from the Nord-Ubangi district and the independently administered city of Gbadolite which became the ...
When Belgium annexed the Belgian Congo as a colony in November 1908, it was initially organised into 22 districts. Ten western districts were administered directly by the main colonial government, while the eastern part of the colony was administered under two vice-governments: eight northeastern districts formed Orientale Province, and four southeastern districts formed Katanga.
Ubangi Province (1962−1966), in the north of Zaire, now Nord-Ubangi and Sud-Ubangi provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ubangi River, tributary of the Congo River in Africa; Ubangi-Shari, a French colony which became the Central African Republic
Sud-Ubangi (French for "South Ubangi") is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It lies in the northwest of the country on the Ubangi River. Sud-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, and Tshuapa provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Équateur province. [2]
Bangui (French pronunciation:; or Bangui in Sango, formerly written Bangui in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic.It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi River (French: Oubangui); the Ubangi itself was named from the Bobangi word for the "rapids" located beside the settlement, [2] which ...