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Bouar
Nana-Mambéré, Central African Republic · Africa
About Bouar
Bouar sits on the route: 1 hours from Baoro.
Bouar is in Nana-Mambéré, Central African Republic, with about 72,000 people. The nearest town is Baoro, about 51 km away.
Bouar is a market town in the western Central African Republic, lying on the main road from Bangui (437 km) to the frontier with Cameroon (210 km). The city is the capital of Nana-Mambéré prefecture, has a population of 40,353, while the whole sous-préfecture has a population of 96,595 (2003 census). Bouar lies on aRead more
plateau almost 1000m above sea level and is known as the site of Camp Leclerc, a French military base.
About seventy groups of megaliths lie in the town and to its north and east. The Bouar Megaliths, dating back to the very late Neolithic Era (c. 3500–2700 BC) were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on April 11, 2006 in the Cultural category.
The town's name comes from the Gbaya word for bean, hbouar.
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Bouar is in Nana-Mambéré, Central African Republic, about 51 km from Baoro.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 71,680
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Central African Republic
- Region
- Nana-Mambéré
- Timezone
- Africa/Bangui
- Coordinates
- 5.9340, 15.5960
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