The 1996 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ 6,000 (1992 est.)

      Defense———

      Branches: Royal Cayman Islands Police Force (RCIPF)

      Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the UK

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      @Central African Republic————————————

      Map—

      Location: 7 00 N, 21 00 E—Central Africa, north of Zaire

      Flag——

      Description: four equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, green, and yellow with a vertical red band in center; there is a yellow five-pointed star on the hoist side of the blue band

      Geography————

      Location: Central Africa, north of Zaire

      Geographic coordinates: 7 00 N, 21 00 E

      Map references: Africa

      Area:

       total area: 622,980 sq km

       land area: 622,980 sq km

       comparative area: slightly smaller than Texas

      Land boundaries:

       total: 5,203 km

       border countries: Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Congo 467 km,

       Sudan 1,165 km, Zaire 1,577 km

      Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

      International disputes: none

      Climate: tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers

      Terrain: vast, flat to rolling, monotonous plateau; scattered hills in northeast and southwest lowest point: Oubangui River 335 m highest point: Mount Gaou 1,420 m

      Natural resources: diamonds, uranium, timber, gold, oil

      Land use:

       arable land: 3%

       permanent crops: 0%

       meadows and pastures: 5%

       forest and woodland: 64%

       other: 28%

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Environment:

       current issues: tap water is not potable; poaching has diminished

       reputation as one of last great wildlife refuges; desertification

       natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern

       areas; floods are common

       international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,

       Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection;

       signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Law of the Sea

      Geographic note: landlocked; almost the precise center of Africa

      People———

      Population: 3,274,426 (July 1996 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 44% (male 724,914; female 718,423)

       15–64 years: 52% (male 839,118; female 877,069)

       65 years and over: 4% (male 53,418; female 61,484) (July 1996 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.08% (1996 est.)

      Birth rate: 39.97 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Death rate: 17.64 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Net migration rate: −1.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female

       all ages: 0.98 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 111.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 45.86 years male: 45.03 years female: 46.71 years (1996 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 5.41 children born/woman (1996 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Central African(s) adjective: Central African

      Ethnic divisions: Baya 34%, Banda 27%, Sara 10%, Mandjia 21%,

       Mboum 4%, M'Baka 4%, Europeans 6,500 (including 3,600 French)

      Religions: indigenous beliefs 24%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15%, other 11% note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority

      Languages: French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national

       language), Arabic, Hunsa, Swahili

      Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)

       total population: 60%

       male: 68.5%

       female: 52.4%

      Government—————

      Name of country:

       conventional long form: Central African Republic

       conventional short form: none

       local long form: Republique Centrafricaine

       local short form: none

       former: Central African Empire

       abbreviation: CAR

      Data code: CT

      Type of government: republic;

      Capital: Bangui

      Administrative divisions: 14 prefectures (prefectures, singular - prefecture), 2 economic prefectures* (prefectures economiques, singular - prefecture economique), and 1 commune**; Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Gribingui*, Haute-Kotto, Haute-Sangha, Haut-Mbomou, Kemo-Gribingui, Lobaye, Mbomou, Nana-Mambere, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha*, Vakaga

      Independence: СКАЧАТЬ