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Central African Republic

République centrafricaine

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018.500° N · 20.750° E
Place guide · Parc National de Bamingui-BangoranBamingui-Bangoran National Park

A remote northern CAR national park bordering Chad, covering a vast expanse of Sudanian savanna and gallery forest with elephants, buffalo, hippos and one of the few remaining populations of the Kordofan giraffe.

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024.361° N · 18.555° E
Place guide · BanguiBangui

The capital and largest city of CAR, founded in 1889 on the northern bank of the Oubangui River, with French colonial architecture, a landmark cathedral and the active river port as its focal points.

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034.770° N · 18.000° E
Place guide · Chutes de BoaliBoali Falls

A dramatic multi-drop waterfall on the Mbali River about 90 km northwest of Bangui, where the river falls approximately 50 metres over a 300-metre front, forming one of CAR's most significant natural landmarks.

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046.051° N · 23.896° E
Place guide · Parc de ChinkoChinko Protected Landscape

A large protected landscape in southeastern CAR where Medio-Sudanian and Sudano-Guinean wooded savanna form a mosaic with Congolese rainforest patches.

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053.750° N · 16.250° E
Place guide · Réserve Spéciale de Dzanga-SanghaDzanga-Sangha Special Reserve

A lowland rainforest reserve in southwestern CAR where forest elephants, western lowland gorillas and chimpanzees inhabit the upper Congo Basin.

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069.000° N · 21.750° E
Place guide · Parc National Manovo-Gounda St. FlorisManovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park

A vast national park in northeastern CAR where Sahel and Sudan-Guinea savanna meet, hosting elephants, critically endangered African wild dogs and the rare Kordofan giraffe.

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