africa • CAF
Central African Republic
Location marker · geographic overview
7° N / 21° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Bangui
- Population
- 5,330,690 2024
- Area
- 622,984 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- French, Sango
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (French: République centrafricaine or Centrafrique, Sangho: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka), also known by the acronym CAR, is located in the heart of Africa. The former French colony has borders with six countries and has had a very troubled history since the 1960s.
Landscape & landmarks
The Musée Ethnograhique Barthélémy Boganda in Bangui is the country's national museum and has a decent collection of local instruments, weapons, tools, and displays about local traditions, religion, and architecture.Read the see section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-19. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Calling code
- +236
- Internet domain
- .cf
- Land border codes
- CMR, TCD, COD, COG, SSD, SDN
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .cf. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.