- Abiras
Abiras is a city in the present
Central African Republic .While that was still a French colony, named "Haut-Oubangui" ('Upper Ubangi') till 29 December 1903 and then
Oubangui-Chari (Ubangi-Shari), Abiras was its capital since 1894, only to be replaced in 1906 by the present capitalBangui . [ Chad and Ubangi-Shari to 1922 [http://www.sandafayre.com/atlas/chadia.htm] ]ource
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Central_African_Republic.html WorldStatesmen- CAR]
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