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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>In 1912, the leader of the <a href="/facts/Banda_people/LMlcbleS">Banda-Ngbugu</a> people in Alindao, Aju, swore allegiance to the French colonisers. However, he led a local revolt in 1925 and was captured and executed the following year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>In 1927, Norwegian missionary Oscar Cesar Berntz-Lanz established the Elim Mission at Boybinga in the Alindao subprefecture. It was among the first <a href="/facts/Protestant/NXja4K3g">Protestant</a> missions in the colony and included a small dispensary and a school. When <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a> broke out in 1939, the family relocated to <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>On 5 January 2013 <a href="/facts/S%25C3%25A9l%25C3%25A9ka/TNqv7edr">Séléka</a> rebels took control of Alindao.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> On 9 May 2017 it was <a href="/facts/2017_Alindao_massacre/PSeAj9vI">attacked by Anti-balaka</a> which was repelled by <a href="/facts/Union_for_Peace_in_the_Central_African_Republic/JA4eBkvm">Union for Peace in the Central African Republic</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> On 15 November 2018 at least 112 people were killed and 27 injured in <a href="/facts/2018_Alindao_massacre/FBcQLITt">UPC and Anti-balaka attacks on Alindao refugee camp</a>. On 18 March 2021 Alindao was recaptured by government forces supported by Russian paramilitary forces.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="economy">Economy</h2> <p>The economy is based on food crops and cash crops (mainly coffee), and the processing of agricultural products. Fishing,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> hunting, trade and craft activities are also local employment practices but the majority live in poverty. The locals reside in houses with huge thatched roofs and mud walls painted in colored clay.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="towns-and-villages">Towns and villages</h2> <ul><li>Abouma</li> <li>Akpia</li> <li>Alepa</li> <li>Alindao</li> <li>Amoko</li> <li>Bada [5°'0"N 21°8'0"E]</li> <li>Bada [4°50'0"N 21°20'0"E]</li> <li>Bada [4°47'0"N 21°12'0"E]</li> <li>Badji</li> <li>Balada</li> <li>Banan</li> <li>Banda [5°20'0"N 21°'0"E]</li> <li>Banda [5°'0"N 21°9'0"E]</li> <li>Banda [4°52'0"N 21°20'0"E]</li> <li>Banda [4°'0"N 21°'0"E]</li> <li>Bangba</li> <li>Belogba</li> <li>Bitou</li> <li>Bokoula</li> <li>Bondo</li> <li>Borota</li> <li>Boroudou</li> <li>Boulouvou</li> <li>Bourou</li> <li>Boybangoro</li> <li>Boykette</li> <li>Congo</li> <li>Dabizi</li> <li>Dahou</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ddebo/c1rBJ0QQ">Ddebo</a></li> <li>Diogo</li> <li>Djongo</li> <li>Doko</li> <li>Drekapou</li> <li>Gambito [4°50'0"N 21°17'0"E]</li> <li>Gambito [4°47'0"N 21°2'0"E]</li> <li>Gbada</li> <li>Gbadou</li> <li>Gbana</li> <li>Gbileba</li> <li>Gboundou</li> <li>Goffo</li> <li>Gongo</li> <li>Gopala</li> <li>Gouada</li> <li>Gouadji</li> <li>Gouakiri [5°10'0"N 21°18'0"E]</li> <li>Gouakiri [5°9'0"N 21°17'0"E]</li> <li>Gouamatou</li> <li>Gounda</li> <li>Goussa</li> <li>Goussou [5°15'0"N 21°'0"E]</li> <li>Goussou [4°55'0"N 21°20'0"E]</li> <li>Govo</li> <li>Gowe</li> <li>Goyo</li> <li>Guela</li> <li>Gueloumanda</li> <li>Kabou</li> <li>Kadja</li> <li>Kalaye</li> <li>Kaoua</li> <li>Kodo</li> <li>Kola</li> <li>Kologbo</li> <li>Kolomboyo</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kongbo/NetcUacf">Kongbo</a></li> <li>Kongo</li> <li>Kouledo</li> <li>Koumba</li> <li>Kpakpa</li> <li>Laodeka</li> <li>Liou</li> <li>Loe</li> <li>Mazogbo</li> <li>Mbele</li> <li>Mbiloba</li> <li>Mede</li> <li>Mia</li> <li>Moko</li> <li>Moro</li> <li>Ndjala</li> <li>Ngalia</li> <li>Ngapo</li> <li>Ngara</li> <li>Ngbindjou</li> <li>Ngoula</li> <li>Ngoule</li> <li>Ngrihou</li> <li>Nougolo</li> <li>Oroko</li> <li>Ouaga [5°37'0"N 21°'0"E]</li> <li>Ouaga [5°36'0"N 21°'0"E]</li> <li>Ouama</li> <li>Ouate</li> <li>Ouenguele</li> <li>Ouli</li> <li>Pagui</li> <li>Pandoko</li> <li>Pigala</li> <li>Poudjio</li> <li>Rokouzou</li> <li>Sounda</li> <li>Tagbale</li> <li>Tagoua</li> <li>Tchinda</li> <li>Tchingoto</li> <li>Teou</li> <li>Togbo</li> <li>Tomba</li> <li>Yota</li> <li>Youkou</li> <li>Zougao</li> <li>Zoulouma</li></ul> <h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Emmanuel_Dongala/5JgoDLeY">Emmanuel Dongala</a> (1941-) -one of the Congo's greatest poets<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.maplandia.com/central-african-republic/basse-kotto/alindao/">Maplandia</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Central African Republic: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013. <a href="https://archive.today/20130111112114/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-47&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=pnan" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20130111112114/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-47&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=pnan</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Thompson, Virginia McLean; Adloff, Richard (1960). The emerging States of French Equatorial Africa. Stanford University Press. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-8047-0051-1. Retrieved 30 March 2013. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) <a href="978-0-8047-0051-1" target="_blank">978-0-8047-0051-1</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Bradshaw, Richard; Fandos-Rius, Juan (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic (New ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 66, 116, 543. ISBN 9780810879911. <a href="9780810879911" target="_blank">9780810879911</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Bradshaw, Richard; Fandos-Rius, Juan (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic (New ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 66, 116, 543. ISBN 9780810879911. <a href="9780810879911" target="_blank">9780810879911</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Rebels in Central African Republic seize another town <a href="https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2013/jan/05/rebels-central-african-republic-seize-another-town/" target="_blank">https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2013/jan/05/rebels-central-african-republic-seize-another-town/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Central African Republic. Operational Update" (PDF). May 2017. <a href="https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/UNHCR%20Central%20African%20Republic%20Operational%20Update%20-%201-31%20May%202017.pdf" target="_blank">https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/UNHCR%20Central%20African%20Republic%20Operational%20Update%20-%201-31%20May%202017.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>RCA : détonations d’armes à Alindao, les mercenaires russes affrontent les rebelles de la CPC, 18 March 2021 <a href="https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.com/rca-detonations-darmes-a-alindao-les-mercenaires-russes-affrontent-les-rebelles-de-la-cpc/" target="_blank">https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.com/rca-detonations-darmes-a-alindao-les-mercenaires-russes-affrontent-les-rebelles-de-la-cpc/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Deceuninck, Valère (July 2006). Du poisson en Centrafrique (in French). Harmattan. p. 143. ISBN 978-2-296-14803-1. Retrieved 30 March 2013. <a href="978-2-296-14803-1" target="_blank">978-2-296-14803-1</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (27 September 2012). République Centrafricaine 2013-14 (avec cartes et avis des lecteurs). Collectif, Petit Futé. p. 156. ISBN 978-2-7469-5970-5. Retrieved 30 March 2013. <a href="978-2-7469-5970-5" target="_blank">978-2-7469-5970-5</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Clark, John Frank (9 August 2012). Historical Dictionary of Congo. Scarecrow Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-8108-4919-8. Retrieved 30 March 2013. <a href="978-0-8108-4919-8" target="_blank">978-0-8108-4919-8</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>