Ouham

{{short description|Prefecture of the Central African Republic}}

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| map_caption = Ouham, prefecture of Central African Republic

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| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Bossangoa

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| leader_name = Barthelemy Wilikon{{cite web|url=https://minusca.unmissions.org/le-pr%C3%A9fet-de-l%E2%80%99ouham-met-en-avant-la-contribution-de-la-minusca-dans-la-restauration-de-l%E2%80%99autorit%C3%A9|title=LE PRÉFET DE L’OUHAM MET EN AVANT LA CONTRIBUTION DE LA MINUSCA DANS LA RESTAURATION DE L’AUTORITÉ DE L’ÉTAT|date=25 May 2022}}

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| population_total = 369220

| population_as_of = 2003 census

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Ouham is one of the 20 prefectures of the Central African Republic.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat-centrafrique.com/Donnees/donnees%20structurelles/demographie/population%20prefecture.htm |title=Population Prefecture |publisher=stat-centrafrique.com |access-date=2 February 2012 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626114213/http://www.stat-centrafrique.com/Donnees/donnees%20structurelles/demographie/population%20prefecture.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://statoids.com/ucf.html |title=Central African Republic Prefectures |publisher=statoids.com |access-date=2 February 2012}} Its capital is Bossangoa. The prefecture covers an area of 20,240 km² and, according to official estimates, its population was 329,645 inhabitants in 2024.{{cite web |date=2024-10-21 |title=Population de la République Centrafricaine en 2021 et 2024 |url=https://icasees.org/rgph-4/index.php/actualites/rgph-4/207-population-de-la-republique-centrafricaine-en-2021-et-2024 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=icasees.org |publisher=Institut centrafricain de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques et Sociales |language=fr |ref=CITEREFIcasees2024}} At the time of the country's last official census, in 2003, the population was 369,220 inhabitants in an area of 50,250 km².{{cite web |url=http://www.stat-centrafrique.com/Donnees/donnees%20structurelles/demographie/population%20prefecture.htm |title=Population Prefecture |publisher=stat-centrafrique.com |access-date=27 January 2012 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626114213/http://www.stat-centrafrique.com/Donnees/donnees%20structurelles/demographie/population%20prefecture.htm |url-status=dead }} These are data from before December 2020, when part of the territory was dismembered to create the Ouham-Fafa prefecture.{{cite web |title=La Centrafrique dispose désormais de 20 préfectures et de 84 sous-préfectures |url=https://oubanguimedias.com/2020/12/11/la-centrafrique-dispose-desormais-de-20-prefectures-et-de-84-sous-prefectures/ |date=2020-12-11 |website=oubanguimedias.com |publisher=Oubangui Médias |access-date=2025-01-29 |language=fr |ref=CITEREFOubangui Médias2020}}