In the image of the other cities in Central Africa, the growth of Bangui accelerated after the Second World War. Its development followed geography, bounded on the north by Gbazaganzi hill and on the south by the Oubangui River. Located downstream of the rapids of the Oubangui, the city has developed towards the west in a triangular manner, towards the plain of the Mpoko.Today, its extension spanned the north-west of the new airport and continues its urbanization on the road of Damara to the north, upstream from rapids to the south-East, and comes to swell the Commune commune in the southwest. Bimbo, suburb of Bangui, is the second largest city in the country, with more than 100 000 inhabitants. Beware, this is not an uphill urbanization, far from it. Bangui is the very type of rural city, and even calls itself the "garden town": only capital where corn parcels invade the university courtyard and where small squares of cassava are cultivated on the road. Most of its inhabitants keep small fields in the banguissoise periphery, which they cultivate one or two days a week to maintain their standard of living. In this respect, the Bimbo commune is an example of these peripheral neighbourhoods divided between urban and rural activities, a type of buffer city dependent on both economic systems.Martyrs Avenue is the first route taken from the airport, from the north-west of the city to the centre. Once the avenue of Lieutenant-Koudoukou has passed, it suddenly widens, without any trace on the ground or signs: in fact, it is the old runway of the colonial airport. Separating outlying neighbourhoods from the city centre, this area houses modern architecture buildings and very «decor decor», such as those of university. The city centre, located on the edge of the river, revolves around the Place of the Republic, also called PK 0: kilometre point 0. On the slopes of the hill, towards the northeast, lies the district of ministries and embassies, or diplomatic representations, as well as city hall. The streets, built according to a checkerboard plan, all lead to the Renaissance Palace, the presidency of the Republic. This historic district, one of the first founded, houses Dr. Cureau's street, which is one of the oldest routes in Bangui. Going back to Nice Street, on the right, we arrived at the house of Barthélemy Boganda, where he had installed the seat of his political party, the MESAN (Movement of Social Evolution in Black Africa).Behind the palace, on heights, concessions are vast and the old colonial houses drown in the vegetation of the classified forest. This urban band stretches horizontally on the hillside of the hill, to the cathedral, served in its culminating point by the Corniche road, which once led the zoo. From here the panorama is magnificent. In the other direction, upstream of the port, the private residences and the Embassy of France border the Oubangui, to the rapids facing the residential district of Ngaragba and the more popular De. Since PK 0, the city centre and its shops have spread along Barthélémy-Boganda avenue, to the north-west. The road then widens, after the Rond roundabout, and leads to KP 5 market.In 2009, the former Mayor of Bangui, Mr. Barkis-Gombe-Ketté initiated numerous development projects in the capital: in order to widen traffic routes, many anarchique and illegal cabins on the major axes have been destroyed. All neighbourhoods have suffered these destruction, not without some revolts: The city loses a bit of its happy and user-friendly mess, but earns in clean and safe. In order to replace the huts, small shops are built by the city, brick or wood, well aligned with the road.History. In 1887, Dolisie reached the rapids of this village, after the Grenfell English pastor in 1885, and Belgian captain Vangele in 1886. The military post was officially established on 25 June 1889, following a ceremony of blood exchange between French and African, which thus abandons to quarrel by burying a rifle cartridge together with a sagaie. If it is not possible to translate another name, that given by the Aboriginal people has been imposed: it will be Bangui, whose strategic location on the Oubangui River, tributary of the Congo River, will serve as a basis for the country's development. The first years of Bangui are very difficult. The post is moved many times upward, because floods are frequent during rainy season, the marsh zone attracts mosquitoes and diseases, while local populations often show very hostile to the French military. And when Ponel installs the position on the sand bench that is the foundation of the current Rock Club, floods overwhelm it. In 1893, the ideal location is finally found, on the rock where the Oubangui Hotel stands today. Thus, the Belgian post of Zongo on the other bank can be easily monitored, as is river traffic. Bangui will therefore extend along the Oubangui River, on the hill on the hill, towards the current presidential palace. The position has no confidence in the various special envoys of the French army: without any infrastructure, except for a straw box built on a tiny land won on the forest, it is surrounded by a wall of half-melted latérite.The table does not attract many applicants. However, Bangui is experiencing unforeseen developments: in 1914, she was officially the capital of Oubangui-Chari, the name of the former colony, and, as of 1924, almost 10 000 inhabitants inhabited the streets of this large village where the only distraction was the passage of vessels. It takes four months to receive packages from France, beef meat is difficult from Chad, but the streets are drawn and the boulevard along the river (present Bd Charles-de-Gaulle) completed in 1906.In 1934, a news reporter gives the city the nickname of "Cute". The army boasts it as one of the most developed colonial positions for military personnel who want to leave with their families. Thus, its population reached about 60 000 inhabitants in 1950, to exceed 243 000 in 1970 and has up to 450 000 inhabitants in 1990.Today, the capital accommodate over 800 000 Banguissois.

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