Central African Republic Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Central African Republic with its capital Bangui is located in Africa (Central Africa, north of Democratic Republic of the Congo). It covers some 622,985 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Texas) with 4,434,000 citizens. French, Lingala and Kongo are the languages commonly used by the people in Central African Republic (consider regional differences). Chad, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Republic of the Congo are bordering countries.

Due to increasing rebel activity, travel here is strongly discouraged! Travel outside Bangui is strongly discouraged, including all land routes from Cameroon.
The Central African Republic is at the geographic center of Africa. The climate is generally tropical. The northern areas are subject to harmattan winds, which are hot, dry, and carry dust. The northern regions have been subject to desertification, and the northeast is desert. The remainder of the country is prone to flooding from nearby rivers. The main language is French with a dialect called Central African French.

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About Central African Republic

The landscape features vast, flat to rolling, monotonous plateau and scattered hills in northeast and southwest. The average density of population is about 7 per km². The climate in Central African Republic can be described as tropical with hot, dry winters, mild to hot, wet summers. Potential threats by nature are hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas or floods are common.

To reach someone in Central African Republic dial +236 prior to a number. There are 12,000 installed telephones. And there are 168,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".cf". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 17 regions/states in Central African Republic we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Central African population grew at a rate of 2.15% (or by 104,117 citizens). With 74,127 deaths and 178,245 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.15%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Central African Republic: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.