Central African Republic
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Central African Republic or C.A.R is a country in central Africa. It is mostly a plateau or high, flat piece of land about 900 metres above the sea. The country is 625,000 square kilometres in size.
There are thick forests in the south, and these are home to rare gorillas. This part of Africa also has Pygmies.
The capital city is Bangui, and other important towns are Bouar, Zinga, and Ouadda. Its southern border is the Ubangi River. There are 3.8 million people in C.A.R. Most of them belong to the Banda and Baya tribes. The main language is French but some people speak the national language of Sango.
The people mostly grow their own food, but sometimes droughts (long spells without any rain) make this difficult. C.A.R. also has diamond and uranium mines. It sells these, as well as cotton, coffee and timber to other countries to make money.
The Currency (type of money they use) is the CFA Franc. 1 US Dollar is worth 424.05 CFA Francs.
The country was ruled by France until 1960 when it became independent.
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