Bamingui

Bamingui is a town and sub-prefecture in the Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture in the northern Central African Republic. It lies on the south bank of the Chari River along National Route 8, by road northeast of the capital of Bangui. As of 2003 it had a population of 6230 people.

History

When the fighting resumed in December 2012 between the FACA loyalists and the rebel coalition of Séléka, the city fell to rebel forces. On 25 June 2021 it was recaptured by government forces during their offensive against rebels from Coalition of Patriots for Change.