The Central African Empire was the name of the Central African Republic when president Jean-Bédel Bokassa declared himself Emperor Bokassa in 1977. Bokassa spent over 20 million dollars, a quarter of the country's annual income, on his coronation ceremony. The name Central African Republic was restored in 1979 when Bokassa was ousted in a French-backed coup. Jean-Bédel Bokassa ( February 22, 1921– November 3, 1996) was the military ruler and emperor of the Central African Republic from January 1, 1966 until his overthrow on September 20, 1979. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The coronation of Empress Farah, of Iran, 1968. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
On 22 April2003, the Louvre des Antiquaires, a mall of fine art and antiques across the Rue de Rivoli from the Louvre itself, had a temporary exhibit of Bokassa's coronation robes, copied from those Napoleon wore when he crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804. April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Rue de Rivoli is one of the most famous streets of Paris, a commercial street whose shops include the most fashionable names in the world. ... The main courtyard of the Louvre. ... Bonaparte as general Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
The Islamic Republic of Iran is bordered on the north by the Caspian Sea and the central Asian republics of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, on the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the south by the Persian Gulf, and on the west by Iraq and Turkey.
To the north of Sudan are Egypt and Libya; to the west are Chad and the CentralAfrican Republic; to the south are Zaire, Uganda and Kenya; and to Sudan's east are Ethiopia and the Red Sea.
The Republic of Uganda, a landlocked equatorial East African country, is bordered by Zaire to the west, the Sudan to the north, Kenya to the east, and Rwanda, Tanzania and Lake Victoria to the south.
The CentralAfricanEmpire was the name of the CentralAfrican Republic when president Jean-Bédel Bokassa declared himself Emperor Bokassa in 1977.
Prior to a military coup in 2003, the CentralAfrican Republic was governed under a 1994 constitution that provided for a multiparty democracy.
Most of the ethnic groups inhabiting the present-day CentralAfrican Republic entered the region in the 19th century to escape Fulani armies or to avoid slave traders operating in the Congo River Basin and modern Sudan.
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