Republique Centraifricaine

This country is had - as follows from the name - in the centre of the African continent, in a drainage basin of Congo, and has no exits to ocean. Till 1960 it was possession of France, then has found independence. The square - 623  thousand sq. km, an official language - French.

The country Bulk is occupied with elevation Azande (600-900  m above sea level) over which separate higher granite blocks the Poison (in the west rise, a climate - mount Gau - 1420  and Fertit (in the east). In the north of the country elevation Azande is gradually downgraded and passes in boggy plain of southern suburb of a dint Chad. The main rivers - Ubangi (inflow of Congo) in the south and inflows of the river Shari running into loch Chad - in the north. Numerous cataracts on the rivers give to a landscape especial charm, most beautiful of them - Boali on the river Mbali - is had in a woodland in 70  the km from capital and on altitude does not concede Niagara.

The Climate subequatorial, hot: average temperature of January 21  °C, July - 31  °C. Deposits (1000-1200  mm in the north and 1500-1600  mm in the south) fall out mainly in the summer thanks to irruption of wet monsoons. In the south of the dry season absolutely short - from December till February. The country vegetation is rich and presented in the core by tall-grass savannahs in which besides grasses grow separate listopadnye and evergreen arbours, including a cheese arbour, karite, a tamarind, barassovaja a palm tree. Lesosavanna gradually passes in the wet tropical woods which have been had at first along the rivers, and in the extreme south merging in a uniform block. Abundant of a forage in savannah creates congenial conditions for life of elephants, water buffaloes, antelopes; giraffes, white and black rhinoceroses, ostriches were saved. From predators are usual a cheetah, tsivetta, a lion. Near ponds it is a lot of auks (including a flamingo, herons), and also river horses and crocodiles. In woods monkeys are especially numerous. The hunting regions which are switching on reservations and national parks occupy almost third of terrain of the country. Three large reservations and national park Sen-Flori are had near to the city of Birao in the northeast, in the north - the hunting region Ndele, in the southeast - Overhead Mbomu.

The People occupying TSAR (all nearby 3  million persons), in the core belong to bunch to a bow, largest of them - a gang, baja, mandzhia, bubangi, azande, the sarai. A chief business - farming agriculture, but in woods the pygmies living still in the core by hunting were saved. Two thirds of inhabitants practise the African religions.

Capital Bangui (300  thousand persons), based in 1889, is very picturesque and resembles huge park. In the National museum dazzling samples of the African art are presented.