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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Capital: Bangui

Area: 622,984 km²

Population: 5,625,118

Former Name: Ubangi-Shari

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Congo-Brazzaville , ← Cameroon , ↑ Chad , ↗ Sudan , → South Sudan , ↓ Congo-Kinshasa

Religions: indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15%

Languages: French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages

Ethnic Groups: Baya 33%, Banda 27%, Mandjia 13%, Sara 10%, Mboum 7%, M'Baka 4%, Yakoma 4%, other 2%

Motto: Unité, Dignité, Travail (French) (Unity, Dignity, Work)

Area: 622,984 km²

Catholic Population: 2,066,000 Catholics (37.9% of 5,446,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 133 parishes, 1,787 mission stations (1 with resident priest, 1,786 without resident priest), 253 other centres

Clergy: 16 bishops (9 diocesan, 7 titular), 381 priests (216 diocesan, 165 religious), 1 permanent deacon (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 371 religious (42 brothers, 329 sisters), 9 members of secular institutes (sisters), 192 major seminarians, 443 missionaries, 5,401 catechists