Central African Republic

Central African Republic République centrafricaine Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
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Motto: "Unité, Dignité, Travail"  (French) "Unity, Dignity, Work"
Anthem: La Renaissance  (French) E Zingo  (Sango) The Renaissance
Capital and largest city	Bangui 4°22′N 18°35′E / 4.367°N 18.583°E / 4.367; 18.583
Official languages	French Sango
Ethnic groups	33% Baya 27% Banda 13% Mandjia 10% Sara 7% Mboum 4% M'Baka 4% Yakoma 2% other
Demonym(s)	Central African
Government	Republic
• President	Faustin-Archange Touadéra[1]
• Prime Minister	Félix Moloua
Legislature	National Assembly (suspended)
Independence
• from France	13 August 1960
Area
• Total	622,984 km2 (240,535 sq mi) (44th)
• Water (%)	0
Population
• 2021 estimate	5,457,154[2][3] (119th)
• 2003 census	3,895,139[4]
• Density	7.1/km2 (18.4/sq mi) (221st)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$4.262 billion[5] (162nd)
• Per capita	$823[5] (184th)
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$2.321 billion[5] (163th)
• Per capita	$448[5] (181st)
Gini (2008)	56.3[6] high · 28th
HDI (2019)	0.397[7] low · 188th
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (not observed)
Driving side	right[8]
Calling code	236
ISO 3166 code	CF
Internet TLD	.cf

The Central African Republic (CAR) (French: République centrafricaine, pronounced [ʁepyblik sɑ̃tʁafʁikɛn], or Centrafrique [sɑ̃tʀafʀik]; Sango Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka), is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is mostly a plateau or high, flat piece of land about 941 metres above the sea. The CAR covers a land area of about 620,000 square kilometres (240,000 sq mi), and has an estimated population of about 4.4 million as of 2008. Bangui is the capital city.

1. ↑ Benn, Margaux (21 February 2016). "Newly Elected Central African Republic Leader Faces Hard Realities". New York Times. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
2. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
3. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
4. ↑ countrymeters.info. "Live Central African Republic population (2017). Current population of Central African Republic — Countrymeters". countrymeters.info. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} "Central African Republic". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
6. ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
7. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
8. ↑ Which side of the road do they drive on?Brian Lucas. August 2005. Retrieved 2009-01-28. Archived 2007-07-23 at the Wayback Machine