Oubangui-Chari (English spelling)

Japanese: ウバンギ・シャリ - うばんぎしゃり(英語表記)Oubangui-Chari
Oubangui-Chari (English spelling)

The former name of the Central African Republic, located in central Africa. The name comes from the fact that the Ubangi River flows west along the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and the Chari River flows in the north, flowing into Lake Chad. When it became part of French Equatorial Africa in 1910, it was called Ubangi-Chari-Chad, but in 1920 it became Ubangi-Chari after Chad separated, and in 1960 it gained independence as the Central African Republic.

[Nobuyuki Hori]

[References] | Central African Republic

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アフリカ中部、中央アフリカ共和国の旧称。コンゴ民主共和国(旧ザイール)との国境にウバンギ川が西流し、北部にはチャド湖へ注ぐシャリ川が流れるためこの名がある。1910年にフランス領赤道アフリカとなった際はウバンギ・シャリ・チャドとよばれていたが、20年のチャドの分離によりウバンギ・シャリとなり、60年中央アフリカ共和国として独立。

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[参照項目] | 中央アフリカ共和国

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