Boganda, B. (English spelling) BogandaB

Japanese: Boganda,B.(英語表記)BogandaB
Boganda, B. (English spelling) BogandaB

During the French colonial period, the region was called Oubangui-Chari, named after the two rivers that flow through it, but the current name was adopted when the region became an autonomous republic in 1958. The name is said to be a reference to the ideal of the founding father, Barthélemy Boganda (1910-59) (who died in an accident the year before independence), of building a "United States of Central Africa" ​​with the former French Equatorial Africa as its main component. [Oda Hideo]
[Nature]
Most of the country is a gently undulating plateau with an elevation of 600 to 900 meters, with the watershed running roughly east-west through the center of the country.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Boganda, B." is listed below.

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Japanese:

…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。【小田 英郎】
[自然]
 国土の大部分は,標高600~900mの緩やかな起伏の高原で,国土の中央をほぼ東西に分水界が走っている。…

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