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.

Kinshasa → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Second Congo War → region → Central Africa ⓘ

British South Africa Company → operatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Adamawa–Ubangi languages → spokenIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Congo Rainforest → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Chichewa → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Atlantic–Congo languages → areSpokenIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Regional Service Centre Entebbe → supportsRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Malabo → locatedInRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Bata → partOf → Central Africa ⓘ

Fang → spokenIn → Central Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Fang language

Fang → region → Central Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Fang language

GNQ → hasSubjectCountryRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Unidad, Paz, Justicia → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Kikongo → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Afro-Latin Americans → hasAncestry → Central Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Africans

Chadian Arabic → spokenInRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Benue–Congo languages → geographicDistribution → Central Africa ⓘ

Lingala → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Ndowe → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Palo Monte → hasOrigin → Central Africa ⓘ

Fula language → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Congolese franc → region → Central Africa ⓘ

First Congo War → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Francophone Africa → hasRegionalSubarea → Central Africa ⓘ

Bube → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Cameroon national football team → regionLeague → Central Africa ⓘ

Afro-Vincentians → ancestralOrigin → Central Africa ⓘ

Central African Republic → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Central African Republic → demonym → Central Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central African

Kimbundu → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Umbundu → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian → ancestralOrigin → Central Africa ⓘ

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza → exploredRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Marien Ngouabi University → regionServed → Central Africa ⓘ

XAF → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Northwest Africa → bordersRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Kinshasa–Brazzaville metropolitan area → locatedInRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

Chadians → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Cabinda → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

SRO-CA → servesRegion → Central Africa ⓘ

SRO-CA → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

SRO-CA → regionServed → Central Africa ⓘ

SRO-CA → jurisdiction → Central Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central African subregion

Okak → spokenIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Corisco → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Ubangi-Shari territory → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Ubangi-Shari

Trust Territory of Cameroon under French administration → locatedIn → Central Africa ⓘ

Beti languages → region → Central Africa ⓘ

Nzaman → spokenIn → Central Africa ⓘ