The Central African Republic covers approximately 622,436 square kilometres (240,324 square miles). It has a wide variety of vegetation like forests, desert and steppe, or treeless plains. The centre of the country is a savannah, or grassland. The north corner of the country contains dry steppe.

The Central African Republic used to be a French dependency named Ubangi-Shari. It has been independent since 1960. French and Sango, a Sudanic language, are the official languages, but other languages are also spoken.

 

• http://centralafricanrepublic.takingitglobal.org/home.html

• http://www.isgros.com/car

• http://www.calle.com/world/CT/index.html

• http://www.brookwood.edu/students/geography/africa.html

• http://www.rca-gouv.net

 

 

 

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