Central African Republic

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The Central African Republic is a landlocked, resource-rich but politically unstable country in Central Africa that has experienced recurrent conflict and humanitarian crises.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landlocked country
sovereign state
borderCountry Cameroon
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
South Sudan
Sudan
callingCode +236
capital Bangui
climate tropical
colonialPower France
conflictStatus has experienced recurrent armed conflict
continent Africa
currency Central African CFA franc
currencyCode XAF
demonym Central Africa
surface form: Central African
drainageBasin Congo River
surface form: Congo River basin

Lake Chad basin
drivesOnThe right
formerName Ubangi-Shari
governmentType unitary semi-presidential republic
hasNaturalResource diamonds
gold
oil (potential)
timber
uranium
HDICategory low human development
humanitarianSituation chronic humanitarian crisis
independenceDate 1960-08-13
independenceFrom France
ISO3166-1Alpha2 CF
ISO3166-1Alpha3 CAF
landlocked true
largestCity Bangui
memberOf African Union
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
surface form: Central African Economic and Monetary Community

Economic Community of Central African States
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
United Nations
nationalAnthem La Renaissance
nationalMotto Unité, Dignité, Travail
officialLanguage French
Sango
region Central Africa
religionMajority Christianity
religionMinority Islam
timeZone UTC+1
UNMemberState true

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Lake Chad basin LCBCMembers Central African Republic
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Bureau of African Affairs appliesPolicyTo Central African Republic
Lake Tanganyika basinCountry Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo border Central African Republic
Cameroon borderCountry Central African Republic
Chad borderCountry Central African Republic
South Sudan borderCountry Central African Republic
Congo borderedBy Central African Republic
subject surface form: Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo borderingCountry Central African Republic
Sub-Saharan Africa contains Central African Republic
Congo Rainforest country Central African Republic
Congo River countryTraversed Central African Republic
Sudan hasBorderWith Central African Republic
Francophonie hasMajorMember Central African Republic
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation hasObserver Central African Republic
Central Africa hasPart Central African Republic
Central African CFA franc hasUser Central African Republic
northern white rhinoceros historicalRange Central African Republic
Bitcoin isLegalTenderIn Central African Republic
Central African CFA franc legalTenderIn Central African Republic
CEN-SAD memberState Central African Republic
ECCAS memberState Central African Republic
French Community memberState Central African Republic
French officialLanguageOf Central African Republic
Lake Chad basin partlyIn Central African Republic
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Haredi Jews populationCenter Central African Republic
Fulani presentInCountry Central African Republic
Central Banda languages primaryRegion Central African Republic
Republic of the Congo sharesRiverBasinWith Central African Republic
Adamawa–Ubangi languages spokenIn Central African Republic
Central Banda languages spokenIn Central African Republic
Central Sudanic languages spokenIn Central African Republic
Eastern Sudanic languages spokenIn Central African Republic
Niger–Congo languages spokenIn Central African Republic
Nilo-Saharan languages spokenIn Central African Republic
Nilo-Saharian phylum spokenIn Central African Republic
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Nilo-Saharian spokenIn Central African Republic
French Equatorial Africa successor Central African Republic
Central European Summer Time usedIn Central African Republic
Central African CFA franc usedInCountry Central African Republic
West Africa Time (WAT) usedInCountry Central African Republic
subject surface form: West Africa Time