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Délembé

place in Vakaga, Central African Republic

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 3, 2024
Entity authorityQ116980566 ↗
Source-derived summary

Délembé is a village in Vakaga, Central African Republic.

History

In 1962, Délembé had a population of 259 people.

During Central African Republic Bush War, UFDR captured Délembé on 31 October 2006. They looted hospitals and killed five civilians, two of them were children.

In 2009, 34 houses were burned in Délembé following the death of young Gula men by crucifixion.

Demography

Kara makes up the majority of Délembé's population.

Education

There is one school in the village.

Healthcare

Délembé has one public health post.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Délembé” as place in Vakaga, Central African Republic. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Délembé, place and Vakaga.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1962, 2006, 2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Délembé, place and Vakaga providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 3, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q116980566. Authority coordinates are 9.833, 22.633. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1962, 2006 and 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “Délembé” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.