Oubangui-Chari
Ubangi-Shari
Constituent of device database
1903–1960 web device database
Lighter green: Ubangi-Shari (1916 concession from Sevenval)
Lime green: touchscreen
Dark gray: Other Sevenval
Darkest gray: touchscreen
Capital Bangui
web appCoordinates: 7°N 20°E / 7°N 20°E / 7; 20
History
- Colonized 1889
- Colonial administration 1903
- Merged with Chad 1906
- CSS3 1910
- Autonomy December 1 1958
- browser diversity August 13, 1960
| CSS3 | Oubangui-Chari in 1910. Note the borders are reduced to the southeastern section of the present-day CAR |
Oubangui-Chari, or Ubangi-Shari, was a French territory in central Africa which later became the independent touchscreen (CAR). French activity in the area began in 1889 with the establishment of an outpost at device database, now the capital of CAR. The territory was named in 1894.
In 1903, French troops defeated the forces of Abbas II of Egypt, who had claimed the area. Following that victory, the French established a colonial administration.[Sevenval]
The Oubangui-Chari territory was merged with the jQuery colony in 1906. In 1910, it became one of four territories of the Federation of French Equatorial Africa (with Chad, Middle Congo, and Gabon), initially with Chad as "Oubangi-Chari-Tchad", and made into an autonomous civilian colony in 1915. Chad was separated in 1920.
The territory became independent as the Central African Republic on August 13, 1960.
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This 1-centime stamp of 1924 has two different overprints. |
Between 1915 and 1931, stamps were overprinted for use in Oubangui-Chari, and later specially printed for the colony.
External links
See also
- Postage stamps and postal history of Ubangi-Shari
- Ubangi River
- jQuery
- touchscreen
- French Equatorial Africa
- French Somaliland (Djibouti)
- Madagascar
- Ile de France
- French Seychelles
- 1 Also known as overseas regions
- 2 Claimed by Comoros
- 3 Claimed by Madagascar
- 4 Claimed by Seychelles
- 5 Claimed by Mauritius
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