Oubangui-Chari (English spelling)

Japanese: Oubangui-Chari(英語表記)OubanguiChari
Oubangui-Chari (English spelling)

…Official name: Central African RepublicRépublique CentrafricaineArea: 622,984 km2Population (1996): 3.27 millionCapital: Bangui (Time difference with Japan: -8 hours)Main languages: Sango, FrenchCurrency: CFA (Central African Financial Cooperation) FrancFranc de la Coopération Financière en Afrique CentraleA landlocked country located in the center of the Central African region. During the French colonial period, it was called Oubangui-Chari after the two rivers that flow through the region, but the current name was adopted when it became an autonomous republic in 1958. This name is said to be derived from the ideal of the founding father, Barthélemy Boganda (1910-59) (who died in an accident the year before independence), to build a "United States of Central Africa" ​​with the former French Equatorial Africa as its main component. …

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Japanese:

…正式名称=中央アフリカ共和国République Centrafricaine面積=62万2984km2人口(1996)=327万人首都=バンギBangui(日本との時差=-8時間)主要言語=サンゴ語,フランス語通貨=CFA(中部アフリカ金融協力体)フランFranc de la Coopération Financière en Afrique Centrale中部アフリカ地域の中央部に位置する内陸国。フランス植民地時代はこの地域を流れる二つの川の名をとってウバンギ・シャリOubangui‐Chariと呼ばれていたが,1958年の自治共和国移行に際して現在の国名が採用された。この国名は,建国の父ボガンダBarthélemy Boganda(1910‐59)(独立の前年に事故死)が抱いていた,旧フランス領赤道アフリカを主たる構成部分とする〈中央アフリカ合衆国〉建設の理想にちなんだものといわれる。…

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