Oubangui-Chari

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Oubangui-Chari"
conventional_long_name = Ubangi-Shari
common_name = Oubangui-Chari
continent = Africa
region = Central Africa
country = Central African Republic
era =
status = Colony
empire = France
life_span = 1903 – 1960
event_start = Colonized
year_start = 1889
event_end = Autonomy
year_end = 1958
date_end = December 1
event1 = Colonial administration
date_event1 = 1903
event2 = Merged with Chad
date_event2 = 1906
event3 = French Equatorial Africa
date_event3 = 1910
event_post = Independence
date_post = August 13, 1960
s1 = Central African Republic
flag_s1 = Flag of the Central African Republic.svg

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capital = Bangui
common_languages = French
currency = French Equatorial African franc
CFA franc
footnotes =

Oubangui-Chari, or Ubangi-Shari, was a French territory in central Africa which later became the independent country of the Central African Republic on August 13, 1960. It followed the establishment of the Bangui outpost in 1889, and was named in 1894.

The French did not establish a colonial administration until 1903, upon defeating Egyptian forces (the territory was claimed by the Egyptian Sultan). The Oubangui-Chari territory was merged with the Chad colony in 1906. In 1910, it became one of four territories of the Federation of French Equatorial Africa, (with Chad, Middle Congo, and Gabon), initially with Chad as "Oubangi-Chari-Tchad", and made into an autonomous civilian colony in 1915. Chad was separated in 1920.

Between 1915 and 1931, stamps were overprinted for use in Oubangui-Chari, and later specially printed for the colony. The main article is at Postage stamps and postal history of Ubangi-Shari.