Key facts
Capital:Bangui
Location:Central Africa, north of Democratic Republic of the Congo
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
