Ippy
Ippy | |
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  Ippy Location in Central African Republic | |
| Coordinates: 6°15′N 21°12′E / 6.250°N 21.200°E | |
| Country | Central African Republic |
| Prefecture | Ouaka |
| District | Ippy District |
| Population | |
| • Total | 16,571 |
Ippy is a town located in the Central African Republic prefecture of Ouaka, and is located near the geographic center of the country. It is 364 kilometers (226 miles) from the city of Bangui directly. Driving distance, however, is 496 kilometers (308 miles).
The Ippy has a car rental service which is popular among tourists visiting the town.
The Ippy Hospital was founded by American missionary Margaret Nicholl Laird with facilities including 60 beds, two operating theaters and a 1,000 English-language medical textbook library. Laird herself worked at the hospital until 1964. The hospital has been described as a "shell of its former self".[1]
On the 12th of December, 2017, Ippy Hospital was subject to an attack by the armed groups UPC and FPRC. Combatants fired indiscriminately on civilian personnel and patients, killing twelve men, one woman, three children, and one baby.[2]
References
- ^ Beesley, Mark. "The Bottom of the Sack: Health Service Provision in the Central African Republic" (PDF). University of Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/minusca-strongly-condemns-attack-upc-and-fprc-armed-groups-hospital-ippy-ouaka-prefecture.
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6°15′N 21°12′E / 6.250°N 21.200°E
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