Central African Republic–Republic of the Congo border

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Map of the CAR-Republic of Congo border

The Central African Republic–Republic of the Congo border is 487 km (303 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Cameroon in the west to the tripoint with the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the east.[1]

Description

The border starts in the west at the tripoint with Cameroon in the Sangha River, and then proceeds via a straight line overland towards the northwest.[2] It then proceeds via a series of irregular lines to the north, generally following the Sangha-Ubangi drainage divide, before turning a broad arc to the east, and then continuing in that direction broadly following the Ibenga-Bodingué drainage divide.[2] It then follows the Lobaye-Gouga drainage divide up to the Democratic Republic of the Congo tripoint at the confluence of the Gouga and Ubangi.[2]

History

AEF map 1
AEF map 2
The CAR-Congo boundary underwent several changes in the period 1926-1960; these two maps are from 1937

The border first emerged during the

Haute-Sangha was added to Moyen-Congo.[2] It appears that the border reached its final alignment at some point after the Second World War.[3]

After the

Second World War France gradually granted more political rights and representation for its African territories, culminating in the granting of broad internal autonomy to each colony in 1958 within the framework of the French Community.[4] Eventually, in August 1960, both Moyen-Congo (as the Republic of the Congo) and Ubangi-Shari (as the Central African Republic) declared full independence and their mutual frontier thus became an international one between two independent states.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ CIA World Factbook - CAR, retrieved 18 December 2019
  2. ^ a b c d Brownlie, Ian (1979). African Boundaries: A Legal and Diplomatic Encyclopedia. Institute for International Affairs, Hurst and Co. pp. 593–96.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h International Boundary Study No. 145 – Central African Republic-Republic of the Congo Boundary (PDF), 17 July 1974, retrieved 20 December 2019
  4. ISBN 0-313-30328-2
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