Central Africa

E22129

subregion of Africa

Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent that encompasses several landlocked and coastal countries characterized by vast rainforests, the Congo River basin, and significant cultural and linguistic diversity.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Central Africa canonical	636
Middle Africa	5
Equatorial Africa	4
central Africa	4
Congo Basin	3
West-Central Africa	2
Central Africa (reconstructed)	1
Central African	1
Central African states	1
Central African subregion	1
Central Africans	1
Lower Congo–Gabon Bantu area	1
West Africa	1
north-central Africa	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	subregion of Africa ⓘ
borderedBy	East Africa ⓘ Sahara Desert ⓘ surface form: Sahara Southern Africa ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
characteristic	cultural diversity ⓘ high biodiversity ⓘ large rainforest cover ⓘ linguistic diversity ⓘ
climate	equatorial ⓘ tropical ⓘ
colonialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
contains	Congo Rainforest ⓘ surface form: Central African rainforest Congo Rainforest ⓘ surface form: Congo Basin
continent	Africa ⓘ
drainedBy	Congo River ⓘ
economicActivity	forestry ⓘ mining ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasCoastOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasPart	Angola ⓘ Burundi ⓘ Cameroon ⓘ Central African Republic ⓘ Chad ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Equatorial Guinea ⓘ Gabon ⓘ Republic of the Congo ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ São Tomé and Príncipe ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ Western Hemisphere ⓘ
majorLanguageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Bantu languages ⓘ Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
partOf	Africa ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ traditional African religions ⓘ
riverSystem	Congo River ⓘ surface form: Congo River system
timeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ surface form: West Africa Time

Referenced by (662)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Africa → hasSubregion → Central Africa ⓘ

Swahili language → primaryRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Central Africa Time → observedInRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Congo River mouth → drainageBasin → Central Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congo Basin

Atlantic slave trade → mainRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Gabon → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Gabon → UNRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Africa

Nilo-Saharan languages → spokenIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Republic of the Congo → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Republic of the Congo → subregion → Central Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congo Basin

Democratic Republic of the Congo → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Democratic Republic of the Congo → hasRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congo Basin

Equatorial Guinea → subregion → Central Africa ⓘ

Gulf of Guinea → economicImportanceFor → Central Africa ⓘ

West Africa → borders → Central Africa ⓘ

Brazzaville → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

French → region → Central Africa ⓘ

French Equatorial Africa → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Fang language → region → Central Africa ⓘ

ECA Subregional Office for Central Africa → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

ECA Subregional Office for Central Africa → servesRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

São Tomé and Príncipe → locatedOffCoastOf → Central Africa ⓘ

São Tomé and Príncipe → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Chad → subregion → Central Africa ⓘ

Cameroon → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Bantu languages → geographicDistribution → Central Africa ⓘ

northern white rhinoceros → historicalRange → Central Africa ⓘ

Congo River → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

ECCAS → regionServed → Central Africa ⓘ

Lake Tanganyika → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Bembe people → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Bioko Island → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Annobón → locatedOffCoastOf → Central Africa ⓘ

West Africa Time (WAT) → usedInRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: West Africa Time

Patrice → hasUsageRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Oryza glaberrima → distribution → Central Africa ⓘ

Río Muni → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Chadian–Libyan conflict → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Guttera → distribution → Central Africa ⓘ

Central African CFA franc → usedInRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Economic Community of Central African States → regionServed → Central Africa ⓘ

Ogooué River → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Nilo-Saharian → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Kituba → region → Central Africa ⓘ

COG → countryRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Congo → region → Central Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Republic of the Congo

Punu → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Punu → linguisticArea → Central Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Congo–Gabon Bantu area

Equatorial lakes region → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region

Central Sudanic languages → region → Central Africa ⓘ