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Entity :
Central Africa
Main prefix :
TL
Callsigns series :
TLA-TLZ
Time zone :
+1 h
Continent :
Africa
ITU zone :
47
CQ zone :
36
Central Africa
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Flag description
Four equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, green, and yellow with a vertical red band in center; there is a yellow five-pointed star on the hoist side of the blue band.
Central African Republic
Capital:
Bangui
Administrative divisions:
14 prefectures (prefectures , singular - prefecture ), 2 economic prefectures* (prefectures economiques , singular - prefecture economique ), and 1 commune**: Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Gribingui*, Haute-Kotto, Haute-Sangha, Haut-Mbomou, Kemo-Gribingui, Lobaye, Mbomou, Nana-Mambere, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha*, and Vakaga.
Population:
4,369,038 (July 2007est.) Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
Languages:
French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages
Geographic coordinates:
7° 00' N, 21° 00' E
Area total:
622,984 sq. km
Land area:
622,984 sq. km
Water area:
0 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
5,203 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 467 km, Sudan 1,165 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Elevation extremes:
Oubangui River 335 m - Mont Ngaoui 1,420 m
Internet country code:
.cf
Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF) responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States
Name - abbreviation:
CAR
Name - conventional long form:
Central African Republic
Name - conventional short form:
none
Name - local long form:
Republique Centrafricaine
Name - local short form:
none
Former name:
Ubangi-Shari, Central African Empire
Independence:
13 August 1960 (from France)
Constitution:
passed by referendum 29 December 1994, adopted 7 January 1995
Government type:
republic
National holiday:
Republic Day, 1 December (1958)