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- <text id=93CT1644>
- <title>
- Central African Republic--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Northern Africa
- Central African Republic
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Climate and clothing: Lightweight, washable clothing is
- recommended. Bring a jacket or sweater for the rainy season,
- May-October.
- </p>
- <p> Customs: Visas are required of travelers carrying U.S.
- passports. Do not display or use photographic equipment without
- special permission of the Minstry of Information. A certificate
- of inoculation against yellow fever is required.
- </p>
- <p> Health: Visitors are strongly urged to use malarial
- suppressants that provide protection against
- chlorquine-resistant strains of the parasite. Typhoid, polio,
- and hepatitis inocluations are recommended for travel to remote
- areas. Raw fruits and vegetables should be carefully prepared,
- and meats should be thoroughly cooked. Tapwater is not potable.
- Boiling and filtering are recommended. Local facilities are
- adequate for routine medical problems.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: International cable and telephone service
- is available. Bangui is six standard time zones ahead of eastern
- standard time.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Bangui M'Poko International Airport has
- regular air service to Paris, Brazzaville, Douala, Libreville,
- N'djamena, and some West African capitals. The nearest railroad
- is in Cameroon. Buses and taxis are available but not generally
- used by tourists. About 1,300 kilometers (810 mi.) of the
- east-west Trans-African Highway lie in the C.A.R. between Beloko
- on the Cameroon border and Bangassou bordering Zaire in the
- southeast. About 180 kilometers (113 mi.) of this road is paved,
- and most of the rest is of laterite. Roads often flood during
- the rainy season. There is no commercial transportation in the
- game areas.
- </p>
- <p> Tourist attractions: Notable tourist sites include the falls
- at Boali and Kembe, the National Museum in Bangui; the Artisanal
- Center in Bangui, offering a variety of local and regional
- handicrafts; the tropical forest and Pygmy villages of southern
- Lobaye.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- November 1989.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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