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Ouham Prefecture

Ouham is one of the 20 prefectures of the . Its capital is . The prefecture covers an area of 20,240 km² and, according to official estimates, its population was 329,645 inhabitants in 2024.
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  • Type: State with 369,000 residents
  • Description: prefecture of the Central African Republic
  • Also known as: “Ouham” and “Préfecture de l’Ouham”

Ouham Prefecture

Latitude
7.1314° or 7° 7′ 53″ north
Longitude
17.7041° or 17° 42′ 15″ east
Population
369,000
Elevation
579 metres (1,900 feet)
Open location code
6FVV4PJ3+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2222388007
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2383653
Wiki­data ID
Q726620
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Ouham Prefecture” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ouham”
  • Arabic: “محافظة أوهام”
  • Belarusian: “Ўам”
  • Bengali: “ওউহাম প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল”
  • Breton: “Ouham”
  • Bulgarian: “Уам”
  • Catalan: “Ouham”
  • Cebuano: “Ouham (prepektura)”
  • Cebuano: “Ouham”
  • Chinese: “Ouham Chiu”
  • Chinese: “瓦姆省”
  • Danish: “Ouham Prefecture”
  • Danish: “Ouham”
  • Dutch: “Ouham”
  • Esperanto: “Ouham”
  • Finnish: “Ouham”
  • French: “Ouham”
  • Georgian: “უამი”
  • German: “Ouham”
  • Greek: “Ούχαμ”
  • Gujarati: “ઔહમ પ્રીફેકચર”
  • Hindi: “औहम”
  • Indonesian: “Ouham”
  • Indonesian: “Prefektur Ouham”
  • Italian: “prefettura di Ouham”
  • Italian: “Prefettura di Ouham”
  • Japanese: “ウハム州”
  • Kannada: “ಔಹಾಮ್ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್”
  • Korean: “우암주”
  • Latvian: “Vamas prefektūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Uhamas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ouham”
  • Malay: “Ouham Prefecture”
  • Marathi: “औहम प्रीफेक्चुअर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ouham Chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “უამი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ouham”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ouham”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wâmo”
  • Norwegian: “Ouham”
  • Persian: “اوهام (جمهوری آفریقای مرکزی)”
  • Persian: “اوهام”
  • Polish: “Ouham”
  • Polish: “Prefektura Ouham”
  • Portuguese: “Ouham”
  • Romanian: “Ouham”
  • Romanian: “Prefectura Ouham, Republica Centrafricană”
  • Romanian: “Prefectura Ouham”
  • Russian: “Уам”
  • Sango: “Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Wâmo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ouham”
  • Sinhala: “ඖර්ග්ලා පළාත”
  • Spanish: “Ouham”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura de Ouham”
  • Swedish: “Ouham (prefektur)”
  • Swedish: “Ouham”
  • Tamil: “யஹம் ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுர்”
  • Telugu: “ఓహామ్ ప్రిఫెక్చర్”
  • Thai: “อูวแฮม พรีเฟคเตอร์”
  • Turkish: “Ouham Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Уам”
  • Urdu: “اوہام”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Ouham”

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