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Since 10 December 2020, the Central African Republic has been administratively divided into 20 prefectures (, Sango: kodoro kômanda-kôta), including the capital, Bangui.
Each prefecture is governed by a local assembly called General Council (Conseil Général), presided by a Prefect (Préfet). The prefectures are further subdivided into 84 sub-prefectures.
Prefectures are all named after major rivers passing through their areas:
- Ubangi, Nana, Mambéré, Kadeï, Lobaye, M'Poko, Ombella, Sangha, Kémo, Ouaka, Kotto, and Mbomou all flow into the Congo River.
- Pendé, Ouham, Gribingui, Bamingui, Bangoran, and Vakaga all flow into the Chari River, and then into Lake Chad.
(Basse ("Lower") means downstream, and Haut or Haute ("Upper") means upstream.)
Table of Prefectures
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
! scope=col | No.
! scope=col | Prefecture
! scope=col | ISO code
! scope=col | Capital
! scope=col | Population<br />
! scope=col | Area<br />
! Density<br /> <br />
! scope=col | Zone/Region
! scope=col | Sub-prefectures
! scope=col | Communes
|-
| align="right" | 1.
| Bangui
|
| Bangui
| align="right" | 1,464,921
| align="right" |
| 449.3
| align="right" | Bas-Oubangui (VII)
| align="right" | 10
| align="right" | 10
|-
| align="right" | 2.
| Mbomou
|
| Bangassou
| align="right" | 267,647
| align="right" |
| 4.3
| align="right" | Haut-Oubangui (VI)
| align="right" | 5
| align="right" | 10
|-
| align="right" | 3.
| Basse-Kotto
|
| Mobaye
| align="right" | 393,276
| align="right" |
| 22.3
| align="right" | Haut-Oubangui (VI)
| align="right" | 6
| align="right" | 15
|-
| align="right" | 4.
| Kémo
|
| Sibut
| align="right" | 197,538
| align="right" |
| 11.4
| align="right" | Kagas (IV)
| align="right" | 4
| align="right" | 8
|-
| align="right" | 5.
| Nana-Mambéré
|
| Bouar
| align="right" | 371,863
| align="right" |
| 13.9
| align="right" | Equateur (II)
| align="right" | 4
| align="right" | 16
|-
| align="right" | 6.
| Ouham
|
| Bossangoa
| align="right" | 329,645
| align="right" |
| 6.56
| align="right" | Yade (III)
| align="right" | 7
| align="right" | 20
|-
| align="right" | 7.
| Sangha-Mbaéré
|
| Nola
| align="right" | 152,675
| align="right" |
| 7.8
| align="right" | Equateur (II)
| align="right" | 3
| align="right" | 5
|-
| align="right" | 8.
| Lobaye
|
| Mbaïki
| align="right" | 361,289
| align="right" |
| 18.7
| align="right" | Plateaux (I)
| align="right" | 5
| align="right" | 12
|-
| align="right" | 9.
| Ombella-M'Poko
|
| Boali
| align="right" | 292,618
| align="right" |
| 9.1
| align="right" | Plateaux (I)
| align="right" | 6
| align="right" | 8
|-
| align="right" | 10.
| Ouham-Pendé
|
| Bozoum
| align="right" | 254,649
| align="right" |
| 7.9
| align="right" | Yade (III)
| align="right" | 6
| align="right" | 23
|-
| align="right" | 11.
| Haut-Mbomou
|
| Obo
| align="right" | 59,225
| align="right" |
| 1.0
| align="right" | Haut-Oubangui (VI)
| align="right" | 4
| align="right" | 5
|-
| align="right" | 12.
| Ouaka
|
| Bambari
| align="right" | 459,412
| align="right" |
| 9.2
| align="right" | Kagas (IV)
| align="right" | 5
| align="right" | 16
|-
| align="right" | 13.
| Haute-Kotto
|
| Bria
| align="right" | 144,289
| align="right" |
| 1.6
| align="right" | Fertit (V)
| align="right" | 3
| align="right" | 6
|-
| align="right" | 14.
| Bamingui-Bangoran
|
| Ndélé
| align="right" | 85,472
| align="right" |
| 1.4
| align="right" | Fertit (V)
| align="right" | 2
| align="right" | 3
|-
| align="right" | 15.
| Vakaga
|
| Birao
| align="right" | 89,189
| align="right" |
| 1.9
| align="right" | Fertit (V)
| align="right" | 2
| align="right" | 3
|-
| align="right" | 16.
| Nana-Grébizi
|
| Kaga-Bandoro
| align="right" | 232,205
| align="right" |
| 11.6
| align="right" | Kagas (IV)
| align="right" | 2
| align="right" | 6
|-
| align="right" | 17.
| Mambéré-Kadéï
|
| Berbérati
| align="right" | 281,286
| align="right" |
| 9.3
| align="right" | Equateur (II)
| align="right" | 7
| align="right" | 12
|-
| align="right" | 18.
| Mambéré
| n/a
| Carnot
| align="right" | 324,406
| align="right" |
| 20.6
| align="right" | Equateur (II)
| align="right" | 4
| align="right" | 5
|-
| align="right" | 19.
| Lim-Pendé
| n/a
| Paoua
| align="right" | 469,545
| align="right" |
| 35.5
| align="right" | Yade (III)
| align="right" | 5
| align="right" | 14
|-
| align="right" | 20.
| Ouham-Fafa
| n/a
| Batangafo
| align="right" | 239,157
| align="right" |
| 7.3
| align="right" | Yade (III)
| align="right" | 4
| align="right" | 11
|}
See also
- ISO 3166-2:CF
References
Sources
- Central African Republic