Central African CFA franc

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currency legal tender regional currency

The Central African CFA franc is a regional currency used by several Central African countries, including Gabon, and is guaranteed by the French Treasury.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
CFA franc BEAC 1
Central African CFA franc zone 1
FCFA 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency ⓘ
legal tender ⓘ
regional currency ⓘ
backedBy French Ministry of Finance ⓘ
surface form: French Treasury
belongsToCurrencyZone CFA franc zone ⓘ
centralBank Bank of Central African States ⓘ
currencyCode XAF ⓘ
currencyUnion Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa ⓘ
denominationSystem decimal ⓘ
fixedExchangeRateToEuro 655.957 XAF = 1 EUR ⓘ
fractionalUnit centime ⓘ
guaranteedBy French Ministry of Finance ⓘ
surface form: French Treasury
hasFixedParityWith Euro ⓘ
surface form: euro
hasUser Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
introduced 1945 ⓘ
ISO4217Code XAF ⓘ
issuingOrganization Bank of Central African States ⓘ
legalTenderIn Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
monetaryAuthority Bank of Central African States ⓘ
monetaryPolicySetBy Bank of Central African States ⓘ
officialStatus official currency of several Central African countries ⓘ
peggedTo Euro ⓘ
surface form: euro
previouslyPeggedTo French franc ⓘ
regionServed Economic Community of Central African States ⓘ
surface form: CEMAC zone
shortName Central African CFA franc self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CFA franc BEAC
subunit centime ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100 ⓘ
symbol Central African CFA franc self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: FCFA
typeOf CFA franc ⓘ
usedByOrganization Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa ⓘ
usedInCountry Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
usedInRegion Central Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Bata → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Brazzaville → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Cameroon → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Central African Republic → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Chad → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Chadians → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Gabon → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Libreville → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Malabo → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Republic of the Congo → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Congo → currency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of the Congo
XAF → hasCurrencyNameInFrench → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
this entity surface form: franc CFA d’Afrique centrale
West African CFA franc → isDistinctFrom → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
XAF → represents → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Central African CFA franc → shortName → Central African CFA franc self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CFA franc BEAC
Central African CFA franc → symbol → Central African CFA franc self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: FCFA
French Equatorial Africa → usedCurrency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Equatorial African franc
Republic of the Congo → uses → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Río Muni → usesCurrency → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
Francophone Africa → usesCurrencyInSubregion → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
XAF → zone → Central African CFA franc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central African CFA franc zone
West African CFA franc → zoneSharesNameWith → Central African CFA franc ⓘ