Bangui

American  

[bahn-gee] / bɑ̃ˈgi /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Central African Republic, in the SW part.

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Bangui British  

/ bɑ̃ɡi /

noun

1. the capital of the Central African Republic, in the south part, on the Ubangi River. Pop: 732 000 (2005 est)

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Bangui

In April, while Prigozhin stayed at the hotel in Bangui, Wagner fighters in Russian helicopters conducted aerial surveillance of wildcat gold-mining operations near the South Sudan border.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

From a base in Bangui, Pavel Prigozhin and 500 or so mercenaries under his command have seized control of gold mines, according to the Global Initiative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The BBC has contacted the French embassy in Bangui for comment.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The 68-year-old president concluded his campaign with a rally in a 20,000-seat stadium in Bangui, before a large and enthusiastic crowd.

From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025

In the village of Ilduàg; in that of Bangui, with other small mission villages; and in that of Bacarra with that of Vera.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Emma Helen Blair

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