Berbérati is the third-largest city in the Central African Republic, with a population of 76,918 (2003 census). Located in the south-west of the country near the border with Cameroon, it serves as capital of the Mambéré-Kadéï Prefecture. In the early 20th century Berbérati was part of Oubangui-Chari, one of the four territories comprising French Equatorial Africa which later became Central African Republic. In 1911 it was ceded to German Empire under the terms of the Morocco–Congo Treaty and Treaty of Fez, becoming part of the German colony of Neukamerun, until it was reconquered by the French in 1916 following the defeat of German forces in western Africa during World War I. Berbérati is served by the Berbérati Airport and a regional university hospital with 158 beds, and is often visited by tourists on their way to the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve. It is also home of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Berbérati. Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw).