Ubangi-Shari

Ubangi - Shari ( Eindeutschung of the original French name Oubangui - Chari ), since 1894 was the name given to an area in Central Africa, which in 1910 was part of the colony of French Equatorial Africa. After the incorporation of a north-eastern part of the former German colony of German Cameroon in 1916 during the First World War, the territory of Ubangi - Shari covered largely with the territory of the Independent since 1960, the Central African Republic.

History of Ubangi - Shari

The name Ubangi - Shari was formed from the two major rivers of the area: the Ubangi and Shari of. To built in 1903, the French in the economically less interesting area for them a colonial administration to forestall claims of other powers. In 1906 she united the area with their colony of Chad until 1910 part of the larger French Equatorial Africa was. With the establishment of the Central African Republic, the name Ubangi - Shari from the maps disappeared.