The current national flag of central african republic is consist of four horizontal bars of blue, white, green, and yellow, and a red vertical bar diving them into equal halves along with fivepointed yellow star located in the top left corner. The central african republic is a landlocked country in central africa that borders the countries of cameroon, chad, sudan, south sudan, the democratic republic of the congo, and the republic of the congo. The national flag of the central african republic sango. Geographical and political facts, flags and ensigns of central african republic. More information about central african republic is available on the central african republic page and from other department of state publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet u. The most recognized of the regions symbols is the south african flag with a horizontal y shape green strip on it. The united nations is investigating new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse and other misconduct by peacekeepers in the central african republic car, this time by forces under the world. Despite reports of irregularities, international observers reported the february 2016 presidential and legislative elections were free and fair. In addition to the traditional panafrican colors of red, yellow and green, other colors originate from previous colonial rule, and the yellow star signifies independence. The flag for central african republic, which may show as the letters cf on some platforms the flag.
The national flag consists of four horizontal stripes blue, white, green, and yellow divided at the center by a vertical red stripe. The flag of the central african republic has been adopted in 1958 and it was designed by president of the oubanguichari province barthelemy boganda. The flag of the centralafrican republic was adopted in 1958. The earliest inhabitants were the probable ancestors of todays aka pygmy peoples, who live in the western and southern forested regions of the country. Crisis in the central african republic members of the central african armed forces lynch a man suspected of being a former seleka rebel wednesday, february 5, in bangui. Red, white and blue stripes refer to the colonial past of the country and pan. Countries and flags central african republic car youtube. The centralafrican republic flag is a flag with four horizontal bands with one vertical band and a star. The yellow star of independence represents a bright future. Flag date use description 1997 flag of the african union.
Africa central african republic the world factbook. Flag of the centralafrican republic image and meaning central. French colonies usually did not receive flags of their own, so the central african republic was represented by the national flag of france while it was a colony. Official web sites of central african republic, links and information on central african republic s art, culture, geography, history, travel and tourism, cities, the capital city, airlines, embassies, tourist boards and newspapers. Multiple tension hotspots and violence have sprung up across the country in 2017 and have spread to areas that once enjoyed some stability. Central african republic, landlocked country located in the centre of africa. Visgame mama beafrika official music video central. The flag of the african union is a green flag with the dark green map of the african continent on a white sun, surrounded by a circle of 53 5pointed gold yellow stars. The central africa republic flag was officially adopted on december 1, 1958.
Central african republic flag information description flag of central african republic four equal horizontal bands of blue top, white green and yellow with a vertical red band in center. Central african republic history, language and culture history of central african republic. It comprises, according to common definitions, the republic of the congo brazzaville, the central african republic, and the democratic republic of the congo kinshasa. Add a oneline explanation of what this file represents.
The area that is now the central african republic has been settled for at least 8,000 years. It has been retained since that time with the same. Official web sites of central african republic, links and information on central african republics art, culture, geography, history, travel and tourism, cities, the capital city, airlines, embassies, tourist boards and newspapers. The flag of the central african republic was adopted on december 1, 1958. The geography of the central african republic is vast and flat with scattered hills in. The central african republic s two official languages are french and sango also spelled sangho, a creole developed as an interethnic lingua franca based on the local ngbandi language. Central african republic united states department of state. It is bordered by the countries of cameroon, chad, sudan, south sudan, the democratic republic of the congo and the republic of the congo. The used colors in the flag are blue, green, red, yellow, white. Latest news spread of the coronavirus emoji whats new in unicode. Central african republic citizens is made up of more than 80 several different ethnical folks, none of which symbolizes a vast majority of the nation. Holidays in the central african republic for religious.
Much of the central african republic is flat, or rolling plateau savanna. Central africa republic flag buy this flag,or any country flag here description. The national anthem of central african republic lyrics in french. Central african flags central african republic from the world flag. The flag consists in total of five stripes, four of which are horizontal and one is vertical.
In the upper left corner is a yellow fivepointed star. Central african republic emoji is a sequence of the regional indicator symbol letter c and regional indicator symbol letter f emojis. Languages of the central african republic wikipedia. The united states established diplomatic relations with the central african republic c. Car is one of the few african countries to have an african language as their official language. In the car, french is the language of writing and formal situations. Flags of the 54 independent countries of africa in alphabetical order. The central african republic flag consists of four horizontal stripes in blue, white, green and yellow, one vertical red stripe, and a single yellow fivepointed star. The united nations integrated peace building office in the central african republic binuca is a special political mission spm established on 1 january 2010 replacing the united nations mission in the central african republic bonuca. Therefore we removed it to avoid any financial loss to our party. The domestic flag of the central african republic has four side to side stripes of blue, white, green and yellow banner with fifth upright red streak in the centre.
After meddling in the 2016 american election, russia is using similar tactics in. The official iso 3166 code for central african republic is. The presidential flag of central african republic is an almost square flag with a. The red stripe is said to represent the blood of humanity and symbolizes the respect. In total there are about 72 languages in the country. Gabon is usually included along with the central african republic. Central africa, region of africa that straddles the equator and is drained largely by the congo river system. The central african republic car is a presidential republic. The flag of the central african republic, heritage of all of the central africans, has been removed from this website because we have been ordered to do so by the state prosecutor of the central african republic, on pain of penalties. These display as a single emoji on supported platforms. Central african republic car country profile nations. The central african republic is a landlocked nation. The central african republic remains a fragile country. Flag of the centralafrican republic image and meaning.
The proportion of the centralafrican republic flag is 2. Devastated by years of conflict, the impact of which persists, it faces both structural and economic challenges. The human rights and justice section hrjs of binuca, in. The official languages of the central african republic are french and sangho. The territory we now know as the central african republic has been settled since at least the 7th century and incorporated into a number of regional empires including the kanem and wadai empires. Voters elected faustinarchange touadera president in a february 2016 runoff. Centralafrican republic flag colors, history and symbolism of the national flag of the centralafrican republic. Buy central african republic flags gettysburg flag works. Central african republic profile timeline bbc news. General information about central african republic country. The colors are a combination of the french flag redwhiteblue, as car was french controlled until. The national flag of the central african republic has four horizontal stripes of blue, white.
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