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'''Kowone''' is a village located in [[Lim-Pendé]] Prefecture, Central African Republic.
== History ==
As of 2021, Kowone was controlled by [[Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation|3R]] rebels. 3R group established a base in Kowone.<ref>{{cite report|author=UN Security Council|date=13 April 2011|title=Letter dated 25 June 2021 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic extended pursuant to resolution 2536 (2020) addressed to the President of the Security Council|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3930373/files/S_2021_569-EN.pdf?ln=en|page=54|access-date=10 March 2023}}}</ref> On 3 October 2021, a mine explosion took place in Kowone and caused five casualties.<ref>{{cite web |last1=CNC |first1=CNC |title=Centrafrique : explosion d’une mine au village Kowone, dans Lim-Pendé, le MLPC communique |url=https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.org/centrafrique-explosion-dune-mine-au-village-kowone-dans-lim-pende-le-mlpc-communique/ |website=corbeaunews-centrafrique |publisher=Corbeaunews Centrafrique |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref>
On 16 January 2023, [[Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation|3R]] rebels attacked Kowone. They looted shops and abducted two people; one of them was a merchant.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boberang |first1=Gaël |title=Centrafrique : incursion des hommes armés dans le village Kowone, 2 personnes kidnappées |url=https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.org/centrafrique-incursion-des-hommes-armes-dans-le-village-kowone-2-personnes-kidnappees/ |website=corbeaunews-centrafrique |publisher=Corbeaunews Centrafrique |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref> Three days later, 3R released the merchant after he paid the ransom of 11 million CFA francs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=APS |first1=APS |title=Centrafrique : libération d’un civil enlevé contre une rançon |url=https://al24news.com/fr/centrafrique-liberation-dun-civil-enleve-contre-une-rancon/ |website=Al 24 News |publisher=APS |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref>
== Education ==
There is one school in the village.<ref>{{Cite map |author = OCHA|year = 2015 |title = République Centrafricaine: Préfecture de l'Ouham-Pendé (au 20 janvier 2015) |url = https://car.humanitarianatlas.org/assets/admin1/pdf/CAR_MAP_20150120_OCHA_OuhamPende_A0_L.pdf |format = PDF |scale=|access-date = 10 March 2023}}</ref>
== Healthcare ==
Kowone has one health post.<ref>{{cite report|author=World Health Organization|date=March 2017|title=Enquête rapide sur l'estimation des besoins de santé des populations affectées par la crise en République Centrafricaine en 2016|url=https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2017-07/RCA%20Rapport%20de%20l%27enqu%C3%AAte%20HeRAMS%20%202016%20Version%20finale_0.pdf|page=GG|access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Lim-Pendé}}
[[Category:Populated places in Lim-Pendé]]
{{CentralAfricanRepublic-geo-stub}}