Lobaye

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Lobaye
location
Basic data
Country Central African Republic
Capital Mbaiki
surface 19,235 km²
Residents 214,137 (2003)
density 11 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 CF-LB

Coordinates: 4 ° 0 '  N , 18 ° 0'  E

Lobaye is a prefecture of the Central African Republic with the capital Mbaiki .

geography

The prefecture is located in the southwest of the country and borders in the north with the prefecture Ombella-Mpoko , in the south with the Republic of the Congo , in the north-west with the prefecture Mambéré-Kadéï , in the south-west with the prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré and in the east with the Democratic Republic of the Congo . For irrigation of the surrounding fields was Boukokodamm built. In the field of lies Njenge Lake .

The Basse-Lobaye biosphere reserve, which was established in 1977 and protects a tropical rainforest on an area of ​​18,200 hectares , is located in the prefecture .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory: Basse-Lobaye