Ubangi-Shari
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![Ubangi-Shari c. 1910. Note the borders are reduced to the southeastern section of the present-day CAR.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Oubangui-Chari5628.jpg")
![A 1924 1-centime stamp with two overprints.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Stamp_Ubangi-Shari_1924_1c5628.jpg")
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Ubangi-Shari (French:Oubangui-Chari) was a French colony in central Africa, named after the Ubangi and Chari rivers along which it was colonised. It was established on December 29, 1903, from the Upper Ubangi (Haut-Oubangui) and Upper Shari (Haut-Chari) territories of the French Congo; renamed the Central African Republic (CAR) on December 1, 1958; and received independence on August 13, 1960.