Official Name: | Amada-Gaza |
Settlement Type: | sub-prefectures |
Pushpin Map: | Central African Republic |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Central African Republic |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Leader Title: | Sub-Prefect |
Leader Name: | Dieudonné Baka[1] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2003 |
Amada-Gaza is a sub-prefecture of Mambéré in the Central African Republic.[2] [3]
The locality is located 130 km northwest of the capital of Berberati prefecture in the valley of the river Boumbé I, tributary of Kadéï.
In 2002, the locality became chief town of one of the seven sub-prefectures of Mambéré-Kadeï, resulting from a division of the sub-prefecture of Gamboula. Since at least May 2014 Amada-Gaza had been under control of the Anti-balaka. French journalist Camille Lepage was killed while traveling there with militiamen.[4] On 7 March 2021 it was recaptured by government forces.[5]
The sub-prefecture consists of the single commune of Haute-Boumbé. The locality of Amada-Gaza has 4,100 inhabitants in March 2015, including 800 displaced persons.[6]