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'''Mobaye''' is a settlement with a population of 7,176 (2003 census) in the [[Basse-Kotto]] prefecture of [[Central African Republic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Centralafrica.html|title=Central African Republic|publisher=City Population|access-date= 7 September 2020}}</ref> It lies on the [[Ubangi River]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Clive Alfred Spinager|title=African Ecology: Benchmarks and Historical Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHFRa6uk1UoC&pg=PA989 |year=2012|publisher=Springer|page=989|chapter=20.8 CAR and Chad}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:ABMobaye.png|left|thumb|Anti-balaka fighter in Mobaye, 2019]]
On 8 February 2013 Mobaye was captured by [[Séléka]] rebels.<ref>[https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/OCHA%2520SITREP%25206%2520ENG.pdf Situation Report No. 6 (as of 18 February 2013)]</ref> In September 2019 Mobaye was reportedly under joint control of [[Anti-balaka]] and [[Union for Peace in the Central African Republic]].<ref>[https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/S/2019/930 Letter dated 6 December 2019 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to resolution 2454 (2019) addressed to the President of the Security Council ], page 26</ref> On 4 May 2021 Mobaye was recaptured by government forces.<ref>[https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.com/rca-la-ville-de-mobaye-chef-lieu-de-la-basse-kotto-a-ete-reprise-par-les-forces-alliees-ce-mardi-soir/ RCA : la ville de Mobaye, chef-lieu de la Basse-Kotto, a été reprise par les forces alliées ce mardi soir], 4 May 2021</ref>

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{{Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic}}

[[Category:Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic]]
[[Category:Ubangi River]]
[[Category:Populated places in Basse-Kotto]]

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