Alindao
Sign in to saveAlindao is a town and sub-prefecture located in the Central African Republic prefecture of Basse-Kotto. It lies at the junction of the National Route 2 and 22. Alindao had a population of 14,401 as of the 2003 census; and a calculated 2013 population of 15,213. The town is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alindao. It has a small airport, Alindao Airport. A Catholic Mission was established at Alindao during French occupation under French Equatorial Africa.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in CF, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 98 inbound references to Alindao, and connects out to South Africa, Central African Republic and World War II.
Vinony files it under Populated places in Basse-Kotto and Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic.
Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Alindao
- Region
- Basse-Kotto
- Country
- Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka / République centrafricaine
- Population
- 32,588
- Timezone
- Africa/Bangui
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Alindao
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Alindao town hall, Central African Republic, 29 November 2018.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Alindao in 2018
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Central African Republic
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Central African Republic
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Central African Republic
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Basse-Kotto
- Settlement.leader_title
- Sub-Prefect
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jean Gilbert Gbangoudou
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Guy Maurice Mbonzomon-Sesse
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2003
- Settlement.population_total
- 14401
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 14401
- Elevation
- 474
- Image
- Burned house in Alindao, Central African Republic, 29 November 2018.jpg
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- Alindao
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Economy
- Towns and villages
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Alindao is a town and sub-prefecture located in the Central African Republic prefecture of Basse-Kotto. It lies at the junction of the National Route 2 and 22. Alindao had a population of 14,401 as of the 2003 census; and a calculated 2013 population of 15,213. The town is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alindao. It has a small airport, Alindao Airport. A Catholic Mission was established at Alindao during French occupation under French Equatorial Africa.
== History == thumb|left|A hut in Alindao in 1924. In 1912, the leader of the Banda-Ngbugu people in Alindao, Aju, swore allegiance to the French colonisers. However, he led a local revolt in 1925 and was captured and executed the following year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alindao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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