Central African Republic international travel guide in 2022

Central African Republic 🇨🇫

Central African Republic is part of Africa with main city at Bangui. It's usually 🌤️ 23.87 °C in Central African Republic with a rainfall of 🌧 9.62 mm. Internet speed in Central African Republic is on average 0.9 Mbps. Its Least Developed country with a population of 5M people. The main currency is Central African CFA franc. The languages spoken are French and Sango. Automatic teller machines are rare in Central African Republic. Current travel safety advice is Do not travel. Get other useful information like socket plugs, SIM cards and emergency numbers.

👍 Least Developed 🌤️ ~23.87 °C 🌧 ~9.62 mm 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 5M people

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Advice

🛡️ Travel safety

Do not travel

We've reviewed our advice for the Central African Republic (CAR). We haven't changed the level of our advice, do not travel. Curfews may be imposed at any time. If despite our advice you decide to travel to the CAR, you'll need a negative COVID-19 (PCR) test and a yellow fever vaccination certificate (see ‘Travel’). We continue to advise: Do not travel to the Central African Republic due to the dangerous security situation, activities of armed groups and high levels of serious crime.

Issue date: July 18, 2022

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General

🔌 Sockets

Central African Republic uses 220V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type C and Type E.

🌐 Languages

The languages that are typically spoken are French and Sango

Money

💱 Currencies Used

Central African Republic uses the Central African CFA franc (symbol: Fr), code XAF.Banknotes come in denominations of 10000, 5000, 2000, 1000 and 500 francs. Franc is subdivided into 100 centimes. Coins come in denominations of 500, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5, 2 and 1 francs.

🏧 ATMs

Automatic teller machines are rare in Central African Republic. Your best bet is to look for them in large cities and community places.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.

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📡 Internet

Internet speed in Central African Republic is on average 0.9 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Central African Republic is very low. It's quite hard to find one.

📞 Calling

To call Central African Republic, dial +, then 236 (the country code for Central African Republic), then the area code and the local number. For local calls within Central African Republic, start with the area code. In the case above area code is - Geographic fixed - .

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