Region: Africa
Capital: Bangui
Population: 4,950,027
Area: 622,984 km²
Currency: CFA Franc BEAC (XAF)
The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the northeast, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about 240,000 square miles, and has an estimated population of about 4.4 million as of 2008. Bangui is the country's capital city. Wikipedia
