Ouham-Pendé
Ouham-Pendé, prefecture of Central African Republic
Ouham-Pendé, prefecture of Central African Republic
Subprefectures of Ouham-Pendé
Subprefectures of Ouham-Pendé
CountryCentral African Republic
CapitalBozoum
Government
  PrefectDieudonné Yougaïna[1]
Area
  Total32,100 km2 (12,400 sq mi)
Population
 (2003 census)
  Total181,559
  Density5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)

Ouham-Pendé is one of the 20 prefectures of the Central African Republic.[2][3] Its capital is Bozoum. The region contains several ghost towns such as Goroumo, Beogombo Deux and Paoua due to government forces ransacking them and armed bandits killing all the male inhabitants over the years from 2005 to 2008.[4][5]

In the north it has a border with Cameroon and Chad. In the south is the prefecture Ombella-Mpoko, in the south-west the prefecture Nana-Mambéré and in the east the prefecture Ouham.

Notes

  1. "Centrafrique : retour au calme à Bozoum après une panique généralisée". www.radiondekeluka.org (in French). 12 February 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. "Population Prefecture". stat-centrafrique.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  3. "Central African Republic Prefectures". statoids.com. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  4. "Massacre haunts CAR villagers". BBC. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  5. "Deserted villages and abandoned lives". BBC. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.

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