The Central African Republic is a country in west Africa. It has a total area of 622,980 km2. The climate is tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers. The terrain is vast, flat to rolling, monotonous plateau; scattered hills in the north-east and the south-west. Natural resources are diamonds, uranium, timber, gold, oil. The religion is 24% indigenous beliefs, 25% Protestant, 25% Roman Catholic, 15% Muslim, 11% other; animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority. The official language is French with Sangho, Arabic, Hunsa and Swahili also spoken. The Central African Republic was a French colony from the late 19th century and in 1958 the territory, then known as Ubangi-Shari, became self-governing within French Equitorial Africa. In 1960 the country changed its name to Central African Republic. Research Central African Republic
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