Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Central African Republic
- +236
What every visitor should know about Central African Republic:
- Money
- The currency is the Central African CFA franc (XAF). 100 XAF is worth about US$0.22, or €0.15.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 3 out of 5 (Average)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Banditry on rural roads
- Capital
- Bangui
Central African Republic facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 4,511,488
- Language
- French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages
- Ethnicity
- Baya 33%, Banda 27%, Mandjia 13%, Sara 10%, Mboum 7%, M'Baka 4%, Yakoma 4%, other 2%
Economy
- GDP
- US$700 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Low