| Central African Republic Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka (Sango) République centrafricaine (French) | ||||||
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| Motto: "Zo Kwe Zo" (Sango) "All people are people" "Unité, Dignité, Travail" (French) "Unity, Dignity, Work" |
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| Anthem: E Zingo (Sango) La Renaissance (French) "The Renaissance" |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Bangui | |||||
| Official languages | French • Sango (co-official) | |||||
| Religion | 73.2% Christianity 13.9% Islam 12.0% traditional faiths 0.9% other / none |
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| Demonym | Central African | |||||
| Government | Unitary presidential republic | |||||
| - | President | Faustin-Archange Touadéra | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Félix Moloua | ||||
| - | President of the National Assembly | Simplice Sarandji | ||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
| Independence | ||||||
| - | Republic established | 1 December 1958 | ||||
| - | from France | 13 August 1960 | ||||
| - | Central African Empire established | 4 December 1976 | ||||
| - | Coronation of Bokassa I | 4 December 1977 | ||||
| - | Empire overthrown and republic restored | 21 September 1979 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 622,984 km2 240,535 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | 5,650,957 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $5.678 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $1,109 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $2.760 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $539 | ||||
| Gini (2021) | 43 | |||||
| HDI (2023) | 0.414 | |||||
| Currency | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) | |||||
| Drives on the | Right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .cf | |||||
| Calling code | +236 | |||||
The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Darfur and Egypt to the northeast, Sudan to the east, Congo to the south and southwest, and Cameroon to the west. Bangui is the country's capital and largest city, bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Central African Republic covers a land area of about 620,000 square kilometres (240,000 sq mi). As of 2024, it has a population of 5,357,744, consisting of about 80 ethnic groups, and is in the scene of a civil war, which has been ongoing since 2012. Having been a French colony under the name Ubangi-Shari, French is the official language, with Sango, a Ngbandi-based creole language, as the national and co-official language.
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