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ID: 1000155
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Record Type: administrative |
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Central African Republic (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 07 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 7.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 021 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 21.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Early inhabitants were Pygmies; Ubangi, Banda, and other groups arrived in 19th century; French were in place by 1889; united with Chad 1906; part of French Equatorial Africa 1910 and separated from Chad 1920; French territory, then republic of French Community; official language is French, though Sangho is widely spoken. |
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| République centrafricaine (preferred,C,V,French-P,U,N)
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| Centrafricaine, République (C,V)
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| Central African Republic (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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............ | used since 1979 |
| República Centroafricana (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Zentralafrikanische Republik (C,O)
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| Republiek Midden-Afrika (C,O)
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| República Centro-Africana (C,O)
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| Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka (C,V)
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| CAF (C,O,ISO3L)
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| CF (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO140 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| CT00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Central African Empire (H,O)
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............ | 1976-1979 |
| Ubangi-Shari (H,V)
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| Ubangi Shari (H,V)
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............ | until 1976 |
| Oubangui-Chari (H,V)
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| Central African (C,O,English,U,A)
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1960 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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first, of French Community, 1958 |
| territory (H) |
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French, 1946-1958 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1960 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Centrafricaine, République.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
ISO Handbook (1988) 777 |
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