Official Name: | Bossemptélé |
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: | Central African Republic |
Subdivision Type1: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Leader Title: | Sub-Prefect |
Leader Name: | Jean Loïc Yanikouzou[1] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2003 |
Bossemptélé is a sub-prefecture of Ouham-Pendé in the Central African Republic.[2] [3]
Bossemptélé is on the RN3 road 369km (229miles) northwest of Bangui and 87km (54miles) south of Bozoum, bordering the prefectures of Ombella-M'Poko and Nana-Mambéré. is at the crossroads of the RN3 on the Bangui – Garoua-Boulaï axis, part of the Douala Bangui Corridor and the RR6 regional road connecting Bozoum.
The municipality of Binon is the only commune of the sub-prefecture. In 2003, it had 18,024 inhabitants.[4]
See main article: Bossemptélé massacre. On 18 January 2014 Anti-balaka militias murdered more than 100 people in Bossemptélé.[5] On 1 March 2014 African peacekeepers evacuated 190 people from Bossemptélé, but 65 people were left behind including women, children and people with disabilities who were unable to climb onto the trucks.[6] In April French forces came to the town and Anti-balaka fighters dismantled their checkpoints and returned to local villages.[7] On 19 December 2020 MINUSCA forces were deployed in Bossemptélé after it was captured by CPC rebels.[8] On 8 February 2021 the town was recaptured by government forces.[9]