Key facts
Capital: Bangui
Location: Central Africa, north of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Government: Central African Republic
Currency: Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF)
Area: 622,984 sq km
Population: 5,357,984 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages
Religion: Christian 89%, Muslim 9%, folk religion 1%, unaffiliated 1% (2020 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+1
Tel Code: +236
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