Bimbo (city)
| Bimbo | |||
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 16 ′ N , 18 ° 25 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Central African Republic | ||
| Ombella Mpoko | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CF-MP | ||
| height | 338 m | ||
| Residents | 146,550 (2007) | ||
Bimbo is the capital of Ombella-Mpoko Prefecture in the Central African Republic .
location
The city is 338 meters above sea level, in the sub-prefecture of the same name, Bimbo, which belongs to the Ombella-Mpoko prefecture , and is around 10 kilometers southwest of the capital Bangui near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
population
Bimbo has 146,550 inhabitants (2007 calculation).
Population development:
| year | Residents |
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| 1988 (census) | 10,751 |
| 1993 (official estimate) | 22,031 |
| 2003 (census) | 114.086 |
| 2007 (calculation) | 146,550 |
history
The city replaced Bangui as the capital of Ombella-Mpoko in 1964 . Bimbo ceded this status to Boali on May 12, 1967 . The administrative headquarters of Ombella-Mpoko have only been back in Bimbo since 1982.
sons and daughters of the town
- Romain Sato (* 1981), basketball player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
