Sibut

Sibut in the Kémo prefecture

Sibut is the capital of the prefecture of Kémo in the Central African Republic, with a population of 34,267 .

traffic

Sibut is on Tomi . The river has only a slight gradient from Sibut, so that the river was navigable for pirogues and developed into a transshipment point for trade with Chad.

history

In 1896 E. Gentil founded the French base Krébédjé there. The city emerged from a merger of Fort Sibut and the colonial post Krébédjé.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Carte Oro-Hydrographique de la République Centrafricaine. Retrieved April 11, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Malherbe, Michel: Quand l'histoire change les noms de lieux, 2008, L'Harmattan. P. 30. ISBN 978-2-296-05761-6

Coordinates: 5 ° 44 '  N , 19 ° 5'  E