Ubangi-Shari
Ubangi-Shari | |||||||||
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| 1903–1960 | |||||||||
| Anthem: "La Marseillaise" | |||||||||
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| Status | Colony of France | ||||||||
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| Official language | French | ||||||||
Commonly spoken | Sango | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | 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 | ||||||||
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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. It was established on 29 December 1903, from the Upper Ubangi (Haut-Oubangui) and Upper Shari (Haut-Chari) territories of the French Congo; renamed the Central African Republic (CAR) on 1 December 1958; and received independence on 13 August 1960.