Bangui has approximately 520,000 inhabitants and is the country's only large town. It is located right beside the Oubangui River, about 1,800 km from the nearest port in the Congo. SOS Children's Village Bangui is in the west of the town of Bangui between the Gbazabangui hills and the Oubangui River in the Gbangouma district and is about six kilometres away from the centre of town. The people who live in the district come from very mixed backgrounds: ambassadors and high-ranking civil servants have moved to the area along the river; fishermen, farmers and low-ranking civil servants live on the surrounding hills, and the armed forces live in the nearby military base. A kindergarten, primary schools, a grammar school, a fish and vegetable market, a mission station and a hospital are also very close to the SOS Children's Village.
SOS Children's Village Bangui was built on seven hectares of land and in addition to administration buildings, it has a village director's house, a house for the SOS aunts and eleven family houses, where up to 110 children can be housed. On the grounds there is also an SOS Kindergarten for a total of 100 children from the SOS Children's Village and the neighbourhood. The SOS Children's Village also has an SOS Herman Gmeiner Primary School which has twelve classes and is attended by about 500 children. In addition to the classrooms, the school also has several administration buildings, a library and a multi-purpose hall.
Lastly, within the framework of the programme for the care of people with HIV and their relatives (children in particular), an SOS Social Centre has been operating since May 2004 in addition to the medical centre, which can care for up to 550 patients a month. At the social center 150 children from families in need can be looked after. The centre gives sex education to the people from the neighbourhood and supports those who are affected by the disease and their families with food and medicine, as well as providing financial support to help them pay for their children's school books or make payments on time.