Ubangi-Shari
Ubangi-Shari Oubangui-Chari (French) | |||||||||
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| 1903–1960 | |||||||||
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| Anthem: "La Marseillaise" | |||||||||
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| Status | Colony of France | ||||||||
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| Official language | French | ||||||||
Commonly spoken | Sango | ||||||||
| Demonym | Ubangi-Sharian | ||||||||
| Commissioner General | |||||||||
• 1903 | Charles Noufflard | ||||||||
• 1958–1960 | Yvon Bourges | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1958–1959 | Barthélemy Boganda | ||||||||
• 1959 | Abel Goumba | ||||||||
• 1959–1960 | David Dacko | ||||||||
| Establishment | |||||||||
• Established | 29 December 1903 | ||||||||
| 15 January 1910 | |||||||||
| 12 April 1916 | |||||||||
| 30 June 1934 | |||||||||
| 31 December 1937 | |||||||||
| 1 December 1958 | |||||||||
| 13 August 1960 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | CAR | ||||||||
Ubangi-Shari (French: Oubangui-Chari) was a French colony in central Africa, a part of French Equatorial Africa. It was named after the Ubangi and Chari rivers along which it was colonised.
Established on 29 December 1903 from the Upper Ubangi (Haut-Oubangui) and Upper Shari (Haut-Chari) territories of the French Congo, it was renamed the Central African Republic (CAR) on 1 December 1958, and gained independence on 13 August 1960.