Kouanbangui

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Republic of Kouanbangui
Ködörösêse tî Kouanbangui (Sango)
Flag of Kouanbangui
Flag
of Kouanbangui
Coat of arms
Central African Republic (orthographic projection).svg
CapitalKouanbangui City
Official languagesSango
Religion
(2019)
Demonym(s)Kouanese
GovernmentUnitary presidential republic
• President
Daniel Samba-Panza
• Prime Minister
Faustin Bozizé
Area
• Total
622,984 km2 (240,535 sq mi)
• Water (%)
0
Gini65.4
very high
HDI0.315
low
CurrencyCentral African CFA franc (XFA)
Time zoneUTC+1
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2
Driving sideright

Kouanbangui formally the Republic of Kouanbangui is a landlocked country in the precise location of Central Africa, thus it is sometimes known as Central African Republic. The foundation of Kouanbangui is the outcome of a long-timed civil war between tribal factions that resulted in political and democratic instability, being most of the country under control of rebel factions. The territory is divided in 16 prefectures and the capital and largest city is Kouanbangui City.

Geography

Climate

All of northern and central Kouanbangui is under tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate. It is hot all-year round although during the rainy season, it gets somewhat chilly at night.

Climate data for Kouanbangui
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 31.8
(89.2)
32.9
(91.2)
37.4
(99.3)
39.1
(102.4)
30.8
(87.4)
27.9
(82.2)
26.6
(79.9)
25.3
(77.5)
28.9
(84.0)
29.7
(85.5)
30.6
(87.1)
31.5
(88.7)
31.0
(87.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 21.5
(70.7)
24.6
(76.3)
26.9
(80.4)
28.1
(82.6)
24.5
(76.1)
23.5
(74.3)
22.3
(72.1)
21.7
(71.1)
23.7
(74.7)
24.1
(75.4)
23.9
(75.0)
22.7
(72.9)
24.0
(75.1)
Average low °C (°F) 11.3
(52.3)
16.4
(61.5)
16.5
(61.7)
17.2
(63.0)
18.3
(64.9)
19.2
(66.6)
18.1
(64.6)
18.2
(64.8)
18.5
(65.3)
18.5
(65.3)
17.3
(63.1)
14.0
(57.2)
17.0
(62.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 19
(0.7)
24
(0.9)
72
(2.8)
99
(3.9)
124
(4.9)
139
(5.5)
137
(5.4)
130
(5.1)
119
(4.7)
72
(2.8)
43
(1.7)
25
(1.0)
1,003
(39.4)
Average relative humidity (%) 70 64 71 79 79 81 85 85 83 83 81 75 78