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GeographyLocation: Central Africa, north of Zaire
Area: Land boundaries: total 5,203 km, Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Congo 467 km, Sudan1,165 km, Zaire 1,577 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 3,209,759 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.1% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 41.84 births/1,000 population Death rate: 20.89 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 135.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 5.37 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Baya 34%, Banda 27%, Sara 10%, Mandjia 21%, Mboum 4%, M'Baka 4%, Europeans 6,500 (including 3,600 French) Religions: indigenous beliefs 24%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim15%, other 11% Languages: French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), Arabic, Hunsa, Swahili
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic; Capital: Bangui Independence: 13 August 1960 (from France) Constitution: 21 November 1986
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $2.2 billion National product real growth rate: 5.5% National product per capita: $700 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 40% Unemployment rate: 30%
Electricity:
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| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |