CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 13 1960 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JANUARY 7 1995 POPULATION 3444951 1999 EST AREA 240324 SQ MI CAPITAL BANGUI FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC AGRICULTURE COFFEE COTTON PEANUTS TOBACCO FOOD CROPS MAIN INDUSTRIES TEXTILES BREWERIES SAWMILLS MINING NATURAL RESOURCES DIAMONDS URANIUM TIMBER GOLD OIL CURRENCY CFA FRANC GDP 5.5 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1640 1998 EST LANGUAGES FRENCH SANGHO ARABIC RELIGIONS CHRISTIAN PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ROMAN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS BELIEFS MUSLIM LITERACY RATE 60 LIFE EXPECTANCY 45 YEARS MALE 49 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 38 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 17 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
