Mobaye
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Mobaye is a settlement with a population of 7,176 (2003 census) in the Basse-Kotto prefecture of Central African Republic.{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Centralafrica.html|title=Central African Republic|publisher=City Population|access-date= 7 September 2020}} It lies on the Ubangi River.{{cite book|last=Clive Alfred Spinager|title=African Ecology: Benchmarks and Historical Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHFRa6uk1UoC&pg=PA989 |year=2012|publisher=Springer|page=989|chapter=20.8 CAR and Chad}}
History
On 8 February 2013 Mobaye was captured by Séléka rebels.[https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/OCHA%2520SITREP%25206%2520ENG.pdf Situation Report No. 6 (as of 18 February 2013)] In September 2019 Mobaye was reportedly under joint control of Anti-balaka and Union for Peace in the Central African Republic.[https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/S/2019/930 Letter dated 6 December 2019 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to resolution 2454 (2019) addressed to the President of the Security Council ], page 26 On 4 May 2021 Mobaye was recaptured by government forces.[https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.com/rca-la-ville-de-mobaye-chef-lieu-de-la-basse-kotto-a-ete-reprise-par-les-forces-alliees-ce-mardi-soir/ RCA : la ville de Mobaye, chef-lieu de la Basse-Kotto, a été reprise par les forces alliées ce mardi soir], 4 May 2021
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{{Basse-Kotto}}
{{Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic}}
Category:Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic
Category:Populated places in Basse-Kotto
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