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Birao
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right|thumb|Boy playing with a burnt lamp in Birao. The town was almost completely burnt down in March 2007 during fighting between rebels and government troops.

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Place details

Locality
Birao
Region
Vakaga
Country
Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka / République centrafricaine
Population
8,457
Timezone
Africa/Bangui

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Birao
Settlement.image_skyline
Birao burnt down.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.image_caption
Birao after being burnt down in 2007
Settlement.pushpin_map
Central African Republic
Settlement.map_caption
Map of the Central African Republic
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
25px Central African Republic
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Vakaga
Settlement.leader_title
Sub-Prefect
Settlement.leader_name
Babakri Djabaldine Nzangue
Settlement.leader_title1
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name1
Sultan Hamat Moustapha Angabo
Settlement.population_as_of
2012
Settlement.population_total
10178
Settlement.elevation_m
468
Settlement.elevation_ft
1536

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Population
6019
Elevation
468
Image
Birao burnt down.jpg
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Commons category
Birao
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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Colonial Period
  • Under Bokassa
  • Central African Republic Bush War
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • Later fighting
  • Climate
  • Education
  • Security
  • Transport
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

right|thumb|Boy playing with a burnt lamp in Birao. The town was almost completely burnt down in March 2007 during fighting between rebels and government troops.

Birao is the capital of Vakaga, one of the 14 prefectures of the Central African Republic and was an administrative post in the colony of Ubangui-Shari. In March 2007, the town was almost completely burnt down in the fighting between rebels and government troops in the area.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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