Portal:Central African Republic

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The Central African Republic (CAR; Sango: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka IPA: [kōdōrōsésè tí bé.àfríkà]; French: République centrafricaine, RCA; French: [ʁepyblik sɑ̃tʁafʁikɛn], or Centrafrique, [sɑ̃tʁafʁik]) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest, and Cameroon to the west.

The Central African Republic covers a land area of about 620,000 square kilometres (240,000 sq mi). , it had an estimated population of around 5.5 million. , the Central African Republic is the scene of a civil war, which is ongoing since 2012.

Most of the Central African Republic consists of Sudano-Guinean savannas, but the country also includes a Sahelo-Sudanian zone in the north and an equatorial forest zone in the south. Two-thirds of the country is within the Ubangi River basin (which flows into the Congo), while the remaining third lies in the basin of the Chari, which flows into Lake Chad.

What is today the Central African Republic has been inhabited since at least 8,000 BCE. The country's borders were established by France, which ruled the country as a colony starting in the late 19th century. After gaining independence from France in 1960, the Central African Republic was ruled by a series of autocratic leaders, including an abortive attempt at a monarchy. (Full article...)

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The Central African Empire (French: Empire centrafricain) was established on 4 December 1976 when the then-President of the Central African Republic, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, declared himself Emperor of Central Africa. The empire would be dissolved less than three years later when French and Central African forces overthrew Bokassa and re-established the Central African Republic on 21 September 1979. (Full article...)

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Image 1Jean-Bédel Bokassa, self-crowned Emperor of Central Africa (from Central African Republic)
Image 2Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, 11 April 2019 (from Central African Republic)
Image 3A proportional representation of Central African Republic exports, 2019 (from Central African Republic)
Image 4A village in the Central African Republic (from Central African Republic)
Image 5Fufu (pictured right) is a staple food of West and Central Africa. It is a thick paste made by boiling starchy root vegetables in water and pounding the mixture with a mortar and pestle. Peanut soup is pictured at left (from Cuisine of the Central African Republic)
Image 6A soldier with France's 11th Marine Artillery Regiment during military exercises in the Central African Republic in 1992 (from History of the Central African Republic)
Image 7Palm wine (from Cuisine of the Central African Republic)
Image 8Central African Republic map of Köppen climate classification (from Central African Republic)
Image 9The Sultan of Bangassou and his wives, 1906 (from Central African Republic)
Image 10Worshippers at the Bangui Cathedral. Christianity is the main religion in the Central African Republic. (from Central African Republic)
Image 11President Faustin-Archange Touadéra with Russian President Vladimir Putin, 23 May 2018 (from Central African Republic)
Image 12Dzanga-Sangha Reserve (from Central African Republic)
Image 13Fula women in Paoua (from Central African Republic)
Image 14Mothers and babies aged between 0 and 5 years are lining up in a Health Post at Begoua, a district of Bangui, waiting for the two drops of the oral polio vaccine. (from Central African Republic)
Image 15Location of the Central African Republic (from Cuisine of the Central African Republic)
Image 16A Central African woman (from Central African Republic)
Image 17Charles de Gaulle in Bangui, 1940 (from Central African Republic)
Image 18Rebel militia in the northern countryside, 2007 (from Central African Republic)
Image 19GDP per capita development in the Central African Republic (from Central African Republic)
Image 20Trucks in Bangui (from Central African Republic)
Image 21The Bouar Megaliths, pictured here on a 1967 Central African stamp, date back to the very late Neolithic Era (c. 3500–2700 BCE). (from Central African Republic)
Image 22Bangui shopping district (from Central African Republic)
Image 23A French cuisine boulangerie in Bangui (from Cuisine of the Central African Republic)
Image 24Falls of Boali on the Mbali River (from Central African Republic)
Image 25Classroom in Sam Ouandja (from Central African Republic)
Image 26Rebel in northern Central African Republic (from History of the Central African Republic)
Image 27Charles de Gaulle in Bangui, 1940 (from History of the Central African Republic)
Image 28First Central African President David Dacko in 1962 (from History of the Central African Republic)
Image 29Current military situation in Central African Republic (from Central African Republic)
Image 30Refugees of the fighting in the Central African Republic, January 2014 (from Central African Republic)
Image 31The Aka Pygmies living in the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve (from Central African Republic)
Image 32A food aid convoy in the Central African Republic in 2007 (from Cuisine of the Central African Republic)
Image 33Séléka advances in C.A.R. (December 2012–March 2013) (from History of the Central African Republic)
Image 34Faustin Touadera succeeded interim head Catherine Samba-Panza to become president following the 2015–16 elections (from History of the Central African Republic)

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Bangui (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃ɡi]) (or Bangî in Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi River (French: Oubangui); the Ubangi itself was named from the Bobangi word for the "rapids" located beside the settlement, which marked the end of navigable water north from Brazzaville. The majority of the population of the Central African Republic lives in the western parts of the country, in Bangui and the surrounding area.

The city forms an autonomous commune (commune autonome) of the Central African Republic which is surrounded by the Ombella-M'Poko prefecture. With an area of 67 square kilometres (26 sq mi), the commune is the smallest high-level administrative division in the country, but the highest in terms of population. it had an estimated population of 889,231. (Full article...)

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Largest Central African Republic cities
Rank	City / town	Préfecture	Population (2003 census)
1	Bangui	—	622,771
2	Bimbo	Ombella-M'Poko	124,176
3	Berbérati	Mambéré-Kadéï	76,918
4	Carnot *	Mambéré-Kadéï	45,421
5	Bambari	Ouaka	41,356
6	Bouar	Nana-Mambéré	40,353
7	Bossangoa	Ouham	36,478
8	Bria	Haute-Kotto	35,204
9	Bangassou	Mbomou	31,553
10	Nola	Sangha-Mbaéré	29,181
11	Kaga-Bandoro	Nana-Grébizi	24,661
12	Sibut	Kémo	22,419
13	Mbaïki	Lobaye	22,166
14	Bozoum	Ouham-Pendé	20,655

* not the capital of the prefecture

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