Central Africa
Central Africa is a region of Africa bounded by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the African Rift Valley in the east, the Sahel plains in the north, and the Zambezi basin in the south.Tap on the map to travel |
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DR Congo
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the largest and most populous country in Central Africa, as well as the world's largest Francophone country.
Cameroon
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Cameroon is a country in Central Africa. Known as "Africa in miniature", the country is known for its geological, linguistic, artistic, and cultural diversity: some 250 languages are spoken in this mid-sized country.
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South Sudan
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South Sudan is a country in Central Africa. One of the world's youngest countries, it was a part of Sudan until it became an independent country on 9 July 2011.
Republic of the Congo
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The Republic of the Congo is a country in Central Africa.
Gabon
Gabon is a country in Central Africa with an array of landscapes and wildlife in its 13 national parks.Equatorial Guinea
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Equatorial Guinea is a small country in Central Africa that's divided into two parts: the mainland and the islands.
Central African Republic
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The Central African Republic, also known by the acronym CAR, is located in the heart of Africa.
Central Africa
- Type: region
- Description: core region of the African continent
- Neighbors: East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa
- Category: cultural region
- Location: Africa
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Latitude of centre
-5.441° or 5° 26' 28" southLongitude of centre
22.6758° or 22° 40' 33" eastWikidata ID
Q27433Central Africa Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tafriqt Talemmast
- Achinese: Afrika Teungoh
- Afar: Oraylıq Afrika
- Afrikaans: Sentraal-Afrika
- Albanian: Afrika qendrore
- Amharic: መካከለኛ አፍሪካ
- Arabic: Butnga nga Apriká
- Arabic: وسط أفريقيا
- Arabic: وسط إفريقيا
- Aragonese: Africa Central
- Armenian: Կենտրոնական Աֆրիկա
- Arpitan: Africa centrâla
- Asturian: África Central
- Avaric: Istefa Afrika
- Azerbaijani: Mərkəzi Afrika
- Bashkir: Үҙәк Африка
- Basque: Erdialdeko Afrika
- Bavarian: Zentroiafrika
- Belarusian: Цэнтральная Афрыка
- Bengali: মধ্য আফ্রিকা
- Bosnian: Srednja Afrika
- Breton: Afrika ar C'hreiz
- Bulgarian: Централна Африка
- Catalan: Àfrica Central
- Central Kurdish: ئەفریقای ناوەڕاست
- Chechen: Йуккъера Африка
- Chinese: Tiong Hui-chiu
- Chinese: 中部非洲
- Chinese: 中非
- Chinese: 非洲中部
- Croatian: Srednja Afrika
- Czech: Střední Afrika
- Danish: Centralafrika
- Dimli (individual language): Afrika Miyanên
- Dutch: Centraal-Afrika
- Egyptian Arabic: وسط افريقيا
- Esperanto: Centra Afriko
- Estonian: Kesk-Aafrika
- Finnish: Keski-Afrikka
- French: Afrique centrale
- French: Region d'afrique
- Galician: África central
- Georgian: ცენტრალური აფრიკა
- German: Zentralafrika
- Greek: Κεντρική Αφρική
- Haitian: Afrik santral
- Haitian: kontinan afrik
- Hausa: Afirka ta Tsakiya
- Hebrew: מרכז אפריקה
- Hindi: मध्य अफ़्रीका
- Hindi: मध्य अफ्रीका
- Hindi: मध्य अफ्री़का
- Hungarian: Közép-Afrika
- Icelandic: Mið-Afríka
- Iloko: Sentral nga Aprika
- Iloko: Tengnga nga Aprika
- Inari Sami: Koskâ-Afrik
- Indonesian: Afrika Tengah
- Indonesian: Afrika bagian tengah
- Italian: Africa centrale
- Italian: Africa equatoriale
- Japanese: 中央アフリカ
- Japanese: 中部アフリカ
- Javanese: Afrika Tengah
- Kabyle: Tafriqt Talemmast
- Kannada: ಮಧ್ಯ ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ
- Kara-Kalpak: Oraylıq Afrika
- Kinaray-A: Afrika Natung·an
- Kinaray-A: Natung·an nga Afrika
- Kirghiz: Борбордук Африка
- Kongo: Afelika ya Kati
- Korean: 중앙아불리가
- Korean: 중앙아프리카
- Kotava: Istefa Afrika
- Lao: Tengnga nga Aprika
- Latvian: Centrālā Āfrika
- Lingala: Afríka ya Katikati
- Lingua Franca Nova: Africa sentral
- Lithuanian: Centrinė Afrika
- Luxembourgish: Zentralafrika
- Macedonian: Централна Африка
- Malagasy: Afrika Afovoany
- Malay: Afrika Tengah
- Marathi: मध्य आफ्रिका
- Min Nan Chinese: Tiong Hui-chiu
- Mingrelian: ცენტრალური აფრიკა
- Moksha: Кучкань Африкась
- Mongolian: Төв Африк
- N'Ko: ߊߝߙߌߞߌ߬ ߕߊ߲ߓߊ߲
- N'Ko: ߝߘߊߝߌ߲߬ߠߊ߬ ߕߊ߲ߓߊ߲
- Northern Frisian: Madelafrikoo
- Northern Sami: Gaska-Afrihká
- Norwegian: Sentral-Afrika
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sentral-Afrika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sentral-Afrika
- Occitan (post 1500): Africa Centrala
- Pampanga: Aprika Central
- Pampanga: Central Africa
- Panjabi: ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਅਫ਼ਰੀਕਾ
- Pedi: Bogare ba Afrika
- Pedi: Bogare bja Afrika
- Persian: مرکز آفریقا
- Polish: Afryka Środkowa
- Portuguese: África Central
- Pushto: مرکزي افريقا
- Quechua: Chawpi Aphrika
- Romanian: Africa Centrală
- Russian: Центральная Африка
- Rusyn: Середня Африка
- Santali: ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ
- Sardinian: Africa Tzentrale
- Scottish Gaelic: Meadhan Afraga
- Serbian: Средња Африка
- Serbo-Croatian: Centralna Afrika
- Serbo-Croatian: Srednja Afrika
- Shona: Afurika Yepakati
- Silesian: Postrzodkowŏ Afryka
- Sindhi: سينٽرل آفريڪا
- Sindhi: سينٽرل ايفريڪا
- Sindhi: وچ آفريقا
- Sindhi: وچ آفريڪا
- Skolt Sami: Kõskk-Afrikk
- Slovak: Stredná Afrika
- Slovenian: Osrednja Afrika
- Slovenian: Srednja Afrika
- Somali: Badhtamaha Afrika
- Spanish: Afrique centrale
- Spanish: África Central
- Swahili: Afrika ya Kati
- Swedish: Centralafrika
- Swiss German: Zentralafrika
- Tagalog: Gitnang Aprika
- Tajik: Африқои Марказӣ
- Tamil: நடு ஆப்பிரிக்கா
- Tatar: Үзәк Африка
- Telugu: మధ్య ఆఫ్రికా
- Thai: แอฟริกากลาง
- Tosk Albanian: Zentralafrika
- Turkish: Orta Afrika
- Turkmen: Merkezi Afrika
- Ukrainian: Центральна Африка
- Urdu: وسطی افریقا
- Urdu: وسطی افریقہ
- Uzbek: Ekvatorial Afrika
- Uzbek: Markaziy Afrika
- Uzbek: Markaziy afrika
- Venetian: Africa sentrałe
- Vietnamese: Trung Phi
- Walloon: Mîtrinne Afrike
- Waray (Philippines): Butnga nga Apriká
- Welsh: Canolbarth Affrica
- Western Frisian: Sintraal-Afrika
- Western Panjabi: وسطی افریقا
- Western Panjabi: وسطی افریقہ
- Wolof: Diggu Afrig
- Wu Chinese: 中部非洲
- Yakut: Орто Африка
- Yiddish: צענטראל-אפריקע
- Yoruba: Àrin Áfríkà
- Yue Chinese: 非洲中部
- Afrika Bagian Tengah
- Afrika Miyanêne
- ئەفریقای ناوەندی
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