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<text id=94CT0279><title>Central African Republic—Geography</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Central African Republic<nl>Geography</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Central Africa, between Chad and Zaire <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 622,980 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 622,980 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly smaller than Texas </list> <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 5,203 km, Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Congo 467 km, Sudan 1,165 km, Zaire 1,577 km <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 0 km (landlocked) <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi> none; landlocked <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> none <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> vast, flat to rolling, monotonous plateau; scattered hills in northeast and southwest <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> diamonds, uranium, timber, gold, oil <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 3% <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0% <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 5% <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 64% <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 28% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> poaching has diminished reputation as one of last great wildlife refuges; desertification <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea </list> <item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> landlocked; almost the precise center of Africa </list></body></article></text>