Central African Republic

About this destination

The Central African Republic (CAR) (French: République centrafricaine, Sango: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka), sometimes (mistakenly) called Central Africa, is a country in the middle of Africa, bordering Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville and Cameroon. The capital is Bangui. On 13 August 1960, the Central African Republic became independent from France, having become autonomous two years earlier. For more than thirty years, the country was ruled by presidents who seized power by force or derived their power from fraudulent elections.