Kaga-Bandoro (formerly Fort-Crampel and Crampel) is a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

and capital of the Nana-Grébizi prefecture of the

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. It represents the seat of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaga–Bandoro The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaga-Bandoro () is a diocese in Kaga-Bandoro in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui, Bangui in the Central African Republic. History The diocese was established on June 28, 1997, f ...

. The town has been renamed twice.

History

In March 1897, Émile Gentil established a post in what is known as Kaga-Bandoro. On the next year, the post was named Fort-Crampel. Two French colonial officials executed a deserter by dynamite on 14 July 1903 to celebrate

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and warn the locals not to rebel against the colonial government. This egregious incident led to the scandal known as Fort Crampel Affair. On 23 January 1961, Fort-Crampel was renamed to ''Crampel''. Thirteen years later, Crampel was renamed to ''Kaga-Bandoro'' on 6 August 1974. Seleka fighter in Kaga-Bandoro

On 25 December 2012 rebels from

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coalition took control of Kaga-Bandoro. On 14 December 2015 rebels announced independence of Republic of Logone in Kaga-Bandoro. In September 2016 Kaga-Bandoro was reported to be under joint control of MPC and FPRC armed groups. In December 2019 four armed groups were reportedly present in Kaga-Bandoro: MPC, FPRC,

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and UPC. On 10 April 2021, the FACA and their Russian allies entered the city of Kaga-Bandoro. This has caused the fleeing of the rebel forces previously occupying the town to the north towards

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and

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Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).

References

Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic Populated places established in 1897 Populated places in Nana-Grébizi {{CentralAfricanRepublic-geo-stub

History

Climate

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