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Central African Republic in other languages: Sango names, prefectures
The Central African Republic is République centrafricaine in French and Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka in Sango, its two official languages, with the ISO codes CF, CAF and 140. Below are the name in 173 languages and varieties, the capital Bangui in 59, and the prefectures in French and Sango with their seats.
Official languagesFrench (français); Sango (sängö)
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ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric
- alpha-2
- CF
- alpha-3
- CAF
- numeric
- 140
République centrafricaine
French · Latin
Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
Sango · Latin
- English
- Central African Republic
- Capital
- BanguiBangîBangui
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Central African Republic in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | eng | Central African Republic | same as written |
| Asturian, Galician, Spanish | ast / glg / spa | República Centroafricana | same as written |
| Corsican, Romansh | cos / roh | Republica Centrafricana | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Rundi | kin / run | Republika ya Santrafrika | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Sentraal-Afrikaanse Republiek | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Republica Zentroafricana | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Mərkəzi Afrika Respublikası / Мәркәзи Африка Республикасы | Mərkəzi Afrika Respublikası |
| Bambara | bam | Cɛma Afrika Fasojamana | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Centralnoafrička Republika / Централноафричка Република / ڄەنترالنۉآفرٖىچقا رەپۆبلٖىقا | Centralnoafrička Republika |
| Breton | bre | Republik Kreizafrikan | same as written |
| Catalan | cat | República Centrafricana, República Centreafricana | same as written |
| Czech | ces | Středoafrická republika | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Repoblek Sentrafrika | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Merkeziy Afrika Cumhuriyeti / Меркезий Африка Джумхуриети | Merkeziy Afrika Cumhuriyeti |
| Welsh | cym | Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica | same as written |
| Danish | dan | Centralafrikanske Republik | same as written |
| German | deu | Zentralafrikanische Republik | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian | dsb | Centralnoafriska republika, Centralnoafrikańska republika | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Centr-Afrika Respubliko | same as written |
| Estonian | est | Kesk-Aafrika Vabariik | same as written |
| Basque | eus | Afrika Erdiko Errepublika | same as written |
| Faroese | fao | Miðafrikalýðveldið | same as written |
| Finnish | fin | Keski-Afrikan tasavalta | same as written |
| Kven | fkv | Keski-Aafrikan republikki | same as written |
| French | fra | République centrafricaine | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Rèpublica centrafriquêna | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Sintraal-Afrikaanske Republyk | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Republiche Centrafricane | same as written |
| Gagauz | gag | Merkez Afrika Respublikası / Меркез Африка Республикасы | Merkez Afrika Respublikası |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Poblachd Meadhan Afraga | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Poblacht na hAfraice Láir / Poblaċt na hAfraice Láir | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Pobblaght yn Affrick Veanagh | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Repiblik santafrik | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Tsakiya | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Srednjoafrička Republika | same as written |
| Upper Sorbian | hsb | Centralnoafriska republika | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Közép-afrikai Köztársaság | same as written |
| Interlingua | ina | Republica Centroafrican | same as written |
| Indonesian | ind | Republik Afrika Tengah | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Mið-Afríkulýðveldið | same as written |
| Italian | ita | Repubblica Centrafricana | same as written |
| Javanese | jav | Républik Afrika Tengah | same as written |
| Jersey Norman French | jnf | Républyique Centrafritchaine | same as written |
| Karakalpak | kaa | Oraylıq Afrika Respublikası / Орайлық Африка Республикасы | Oraylıq Afrika Respublikası |
| Kongo | kon | Repubilika ya Afelika ya Kati | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Komara Afrîkaya Navend, Komara Efrîqeya Navend, Komara Efrîqyaya Navend | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Res Publica Africae Mediae, Respublica Mediae Africae | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Centrālāfrikas Republika | same as written |
| Limburgish | lim | Centraolafrikaanse Republiek | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Repubiliki ya Santrafríka | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Centrinės Afrikos Respublika | same as written |
| Ladin | lld | Republica Zentrafricana | same as written |
| Luxembourgish | ltz | Zentralafrikanesch Republik | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Repubblika Afrikana Ċentrali | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Republica Centrafricană / Република Чентрафриканэ | Republica Centrafricană |
| Malay | msa | Republik Afrika Tengah / ريڤوبليك افريكا تڠه | Republik Afrika Tengah |
| Nahuatl | nah | Tlācatlahtohcāyōtl Tlahco Africa | same as written |
| Navajo | nav | Łizhinii Bikéyah Be’ałnííʼ | same as written |
| Low German | nds | Zentraalafrikaansche Republiek | same as written |
| Dutch | nld | Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek | same as written |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | nno | Den sentralafrikanske republikken | same as written |
| Norwegian Bokmål | nob | Den sentralafrikanske republikk | same as written |
| Novial | nov | Sentral Afrikani Republike | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Républlique Chente-d’Afrique | same as written |
| Occitan | oci | Republica Centreafricana | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Republika Środkowoafrykańska | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | República Centro-Africana | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Chawpi Aphrika Ripublika | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Maškarafrikani Republika / माश्काराफ़्रिकानी रेपुब्लिका | Maškarafrikani Republika |
| Romanian | ron | Republica Centrafricană | same as written |
| Aromanian | rup | Republica Chendroafricanã | same as written |
| Sango | sag | Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Ripùbbrica Centrafricana | same as written |
| Slovak | slk | Stredoafrická republika | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Sredafrikju Republik / Средафрикйу Републик | Sredafrikju Republik |
| Slovenian | slv | Srednjeafriška republika | same as written |
| Northern Sami | sme | Gaska-Afrihká dásseváldi | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Centrėnės Afrėkas Respoblėka | same as written |
| Somali | som | Jamhuuriyadda Bartamaha Afrika | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Republika e Afrikës Qendrore | same as written |
| Sardinian | srd | Repùbrica Tzentrafricana | same as written |
| Saterland Frisian | stq | Zentroalafrikoanske Republik | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati | same as written |
| Swedish | swe | Centralafrikanska republiken | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Rypublika Środkowoafrikańsko | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Repúblika Sentruafrikana | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Republika ng Gitnang Aprika | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Orta Afrika Jumhuriýäti / Орта Африка Җумхурийәти, Merkezi Afrika Jumhuriýäti / Меркези Африка Җумхурийәти | Orta Afrika Jumhuriýäti, Merkezi Afrika Jumhuriýäti |
| Turkish | tur | Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Merkez Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Merkezî Afrika Cumhuriyeti | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Oʻrta Ofriqo Respublikasi / Ўрта Офриқо Республикаси / ئورتە ئافرىقا رېسپۇبلىكەسى, Oʻrta Afrika Respublikasi / Ўрта Африка Республикаси / ئورتە ئەفرىكە رېسپۇبلىكەسى, Markaziy Ofriqo Respublikasi / Марказий Офриқо Республикаси / مەركەزىي ئافرىقا رېسپۇبلىكەسى, Markaziy Afrika Respublikasi / Марказий Африка Республикаси / مەركەزىي ئەفرىكە رېسپۇبلىكەسى | Oʻrta Ofriqo Respublikasi, Oʻrta Afrika Respublikasi, Markaziy Ofriqo Respublikasi, Markaziy Afrika Respublikasi |
| Vietnamese | vie | Cộng hòa Trung Phi | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Repüblikän Zänoda-Frikopa | same as written |
| Võro | vor | Kesk-Afriga Vabariik | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Republike Cintrafrikinne | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Réewum Diggu Afrig | same as written |
| Yoruba | yor | Orílè̩-èdè Olómìnira Àrin Áfríkà | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Cumurêtê Afrika Miyanêne | same as written |
| Abkhaz | abk | Африкагәҭабжьаратәи Ареспублика | Afrikagwṭabž'aratwi Arespublika |
| Abaza | abq | Центрально-Африканска Ареспублика | Central'no-Afrikanska Arespublika |
| Altai | alt | Тӧс Африканский Республика | Tös Afrikanskij Respublika |
| Avar | ava | Гьоркьохъебафрикаялъул Республика | Hortł̣oq̄ebafrikajałul Respublika |
| Bashkir | bak | Үҙәк Африка Республикаһы / Üźäk Afrika Respublikahı | Üźäk Afrika Respublikahı |
| Belarusian | bel | Цэнтральна-Афрыканская Рэспубліка / Centralna-Afrykanskaja Respublika | Centralna-Afrykanskaja Respublika |
| Bulgarian | bul | Централноафриканска република | Centralnoafrikanska republika |
| Chechen | che | Африкан Юккъера Пачхьалкх / Afrikan Yukq̇era Paçẋalq | Afrikan Yukq̇era Paçẋalq |
| Chuvash | chv | Центрти Африкӑ Республики | Centrti Afrikă Respubliki |
| Kazakh | kaz | Орталық Африка Республикасы / ورتالىق افريكا رەسپۋبليكاسى / Ortalıq Afrïka Respwblïkası | Ortalıq Afrïka Respwblïkası |
| Kabardian | kbd | Курыт Африкэ Республикэ | Kuryt Afrikă Respublikă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Орто Африка Республикасы / ورتو افرىكا رەسپۇبلىكاسى / Orto Afrika Respublikası | Orto Afrika Respublikası |
| Khakas | kjh | Центрально-Африканскай Республика | Central'no-Afrikanskaj Respublika |
| Kurdish (Caucasus, Cyrillic) | kmr | Щьмһӧрийәта Әфриԛейа Мәрк’әзе / Cimhurîyeta Efrîqêya Merk’ezê, Щьмһӧрийәта Әфриԛейа Орт’е / Cimhurîyeta Efrîqêya Ort’ê, Щьмһӧрийәта Әфриԛейа Мәрк’әз / Cimhurîyeta Efrîqêya Merk’ez, Щьмһӧрийәта Африкейа Мәрк’әзе / Cimhurîyeta Afrîkêya Merk’ezê, Щьмһӧрийәта Африкейа Орт’е / Cimhurîyeta Afrîkêya Ort’ê, Щьмһӧрийәта Африкейа Мәрк’әз / Cimhurîyeta Afrîkêya Merk’ez | Cimhurîyeta Efrîqêya Merk’ezê, Cimhurîyeta Efrîqêya Ort’ê, Cimhurîyeta Efrîqêya Merk’ez, Cimhurîyeta Afrîkêya Merk’ezê, Cimhurîyeta Afrîkêya Ort’ê, Cimhurîyeta Afrîkêya Merk’ez |
| Komi | kom | Шӧр Африка Республика | Šör Afrika Respublika |
| Karachay-Balkar | krc | Ара Африка Республика | Ara Afrika Respublika |
| Kumyk | kum | Орта Африка Республикасы | Orta Afrika Respublikasy |
| Lezgi | lez | Юкьван-Африкадин Республика | Juq̇van-Afrikadin Respublika |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Рӱдыафрика Республик | Rüdyafrika Respublik |
| Macedonian | mkd | Централноафриканска Република | Centralnoafrikanska Republika |
| Mongolian | mon | Төв Африкийн Бүгд Найрамдах Улс | Töv Afrikijn Bügd Najramdaȟ Uls |
| Ossetian | oss | Централон Африкӕйы Республикӕ | Centralon Afrikäjy Respublikä |
| Rusyn | rue | Середнёафрицька Републіка | Serednjoafryc'ka Republika |
| Russian | rus | Центральноафриканская Республика | Central'noafrikanskaja Respublika |
| Yakut | sah | Орто Африка Республиката | Orto Afrika Respublikata |
| Serbian | srp | Централноафричка Република / Centralnoafrička Republika | Centralnoafrička Republika |
| Tatar | tat | Үзәк Африка Җөмһүрияте / Üzäk Afrika Cömhüriäte / ئۈزەك ئافرىكا جۆمھۈرىيەتې | Üzäk Afrika Cömhüriäte |
| Tajik | tgk | Ҷумҳурии Африқои Марказӣ / جمهوری افریقای مرکزی / Çumhuriji Afriqoji Markazī, Ҷумҳурии Африкаи Марказӣ / جمهوری افریکهٔ مرکزی / Çumhuriji Afrikaji Markazī | Çumhuriji Afriqoji Markazī, Çumhuriji Afrikaji Markazī |
| Tuvan | tyv | Төп Африк Республика | Töp Afrik Respublika |
| Udmurt | udm | Шор-Африка Республика | Šor-Afrika Respublika |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Центральноафриканська Республіка | Central'noafrykans'ka Respublika |
| Kalmyk | xal | Өр Африкин Республик | Ör Afrikin Respublik |
| Arabic | ara | جمهورية إفريقيا الوسطى | Ǧumhūrīyâẗu Ifrīqiyā l-Wusṭá |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | مرکزی آفریکا جومهورییهتی / Mərkəzi Afrika Cümhuriyyəti | Mərkəzi Afrika Cümhuriyyəti |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | کۆماری ئەفریقای ناوەڕاست / Komarî Efrîqay Naweṟast | Komarî Efrîqay Naweṟast |
| Persian | fas | جمهوری آفریقای مرکزی / Jomhuriye Âfriqâye Markazi | Jomhuriye Âfriqâye Markazi |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | مڈلا افریقی لوکراج | Maḋlā Afrīqī Lōkrāj |
| Dari | prs | جمهوری افریقای مرکزی | Jomhūrī-ye Afrīqā-ye Markazī |
| Pashto | pus | د منځنۍ افريقا جمهوريت, د مرکزي افريقا جمهوريت | də Manźnəy Afriqā Jumhūriyat, də Markazī Afriqā Jumhūriyat |
| Uyghur | uig | ئوتتۇرا ئافرىقا جۇمھۇرىيىتى / Ottura Afriqa jumhuriyiti / Оттура Африқа җумһурийити | Ottura Afriqa jumhuriyiti |
| Urdu | urd | وسطی افریقی جمہوریہ | Vasṭī Afrīqī Jumhūriyâ |
| Dhivehi | div | މެދުތެރޭ އެފްރިކާގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, ސެންޓްރަލް އެފްރިކަން ރިޕަބްލިކް | Meduterē Efrikāge Jumhūriyyā, Senṫral Efrikan Ripablik |
| Syriac | syr | ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܐܦܪܝܩܐ ܡܨܥܝܬܐ | Qūṭnīw[t]ā da-Aprīqā Miṣʿay[t]ā |
| Hebrew | heb | הרפובליקה המרכז אפריקאית | ha-Repūblīqah ha-Merkaz Afrīqaʾīt |
| Ladino | lad | ריפובליקה סינטרואפﬞריקאנה / Republika Sentroafrikana | Republika Sentroafrikana |
| Yiddish | yid | צענטראַל־אַפֿריקאַנישע רעפּובליק | Tsentral-Afrikaniše Republik |
| Kabyle | kab | ⵜⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵜⴰⴼⵔⵉⵇⵜ ⵓⵙⴰⵎⴰⵔ / Tagduda n Tafriqt Usamar | Tagduda n Tafriqt Usamar |
| Amharic | amh | የመካከለኛው አፍሪቃ ሪፐብሊክ | yä-Mäkakkäläññaw Ăfriḳa Ripäblik |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell-dhi | Κεντροαφρικανική Δημοκρατία | Kentroafrikanikī́ Dīmokratía |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell-kat | Κεντροαφρικανικὴ Δημοκρατία, Κεντρικὴ Ἀφρικανικὴ Δημοκρατία | Kentroafrikanikī̀ Dīmokratía, Kentrikī̀ Afrikanikī̀ Dīmokratía |
| Armenian | hye | Կենտրոնական Աֆրիկյան Հանրապետություն | Kentronakan Afrikyan Hanrapetout̕youn |
| Georgian | kat | ცენტრალური აფრიკის რესპუბლიკა | C̣entraluri Aṗrikis Respublika |
| Laz | lzz | ოშქენდა აჶრიკაშ რესპუბლიკა / Oşkenda Afrik’aş Resp’ublik’a | Oşkenda Afrik’aş Resp’ublik’a |
| Mingrelian | xmf | ცენტრალური აფრიკაშ რესპუბლიკა | C̣entraluri Aṗrikaš Respublika |
| Hindi | hin | मध्य अफ़्रीकी गणराज्य | Madʰya Afrīkī Gaṇrājya |
| Marathi | mar | मध्य आफ्रिकेचे प्रजासत्ताक | Madʰya Āpʰrikece Pradzāsattāk |
| Sanskrit | san | केन्द्रीय अफ्रीका गणराज्य | Kendrīya Apʰrīkā Gaṇrājya |
| Bengali | ben | মধ্য আফ্রিকা প্রজাতন্ত্র | Môdʰẏô Āpʰrikā Prôjātôntrô |
| Gujarati | guj | મધ્ય આફ્રિકી ગણરાજ્ય | Madʰya Āpʰrikī Gaṇrājya |
| Oriya | ori | ମଦ୍ଧ୍ଯ ଆଫ୍ରୀକାୟ ସାଧାରଣତନ୍ତ୍ର | Môddʰẏô Āpʰrīkāy Sādʰārôṇtôntrô |
| Punjabi | pan | ਕੇਦਰੀ ਅਫਰੀਕਾ ਗਣਰਾਜ | Kedrī Apʰrīkā Gaṇrāj |
| Sinhala | sin | මධ්යම අප්රිකානු ජනරජය | Madʰyama Aprikānu Janarajaya |
| Kannada | kan | ಮಧ್ಯ ಆಫ್ರಿಕ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ | Madʰya Āpʰrika Gaṇarājya |
| Malayalam | mal | മദ്ധ്യ ആഫ്രിക്കൻ റിപ്പബ്ലിക്ൿ, സെന്ട്രൽ ആഫ്രിക്കൻ റിപബ്ലിൿ | Maddʰya Āpʰrikkan Ṟippablikk, Senṭral Āpʰrikkan Ṟipablik |
| Tamil | tam | மத்திய ஆப்பிரிக்கக் குடியரசு, மத்திய ஆபிரிக்கக் குடியரசு, மத்திய ஆப்ரிக்கக் குடியரசு | Mattiya Āppirikkak Kuṭiyaracu, Mattiya Āpirikkak Kuṭiyaracu, Mattiya Āprikkak Kuṭiyaracu |
| Telugu | tel | సెంట్రల్ ఆఫ్రికన్ రిపబ్లిక్ | Seṃṭral Āpʰrikan Ripablik |
| Chinese | zho | 中非共和國/中非共和国 | Zhōng Fēi Gōnghéguó |
| Japanese | jpn | 中央アフリカ共和国 | Chūō Afurika Kyōwakoku |
| Korean | kor | 중앙아프리카공화국 | Jungang Apeurika Gonghwaguk |
| Tibetan | bod | དབུས་ཨ་ཧྥེ་རི་ཁན་རི་པཔ་ལིཀ། | dBus. A.hpʰe.ri.kʰan. Ri.pap.lik |
| Burmese | mya | ဗယိုအာဖရိကသမ္မတနိုင်ငံ | Báyo Apʰáẏíká Ṯãmátánaĩṅã |
| Thai | tha | สาธารณรัฐแอฟริกากลาง | Sātʰāranarât Ǣfrikā Klāṅ |
| Khmer | khm | សាធារណរដ្ឋអាហ្វ្រិកកណ្ដាល | Sātʰāroṇarod[tʰ] Āhvrik Kaṇdāl |
Most languages translate the name word for word as a central African republic. Bosnian is given in Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic script, Uzbek in Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic with four variants, and Kalderash Romani in Latin and Devanagari.
02 · Names
From Ubangi-Shari to Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
Under French rule the territory was Ubangi-Shari, in French Oubangui-Chari, a name made of two rivers: the Ubangi along the southern border and the Chari, which drains north into Lake Chad. Barthélemy Boganda, the first prime minister, preferred a name without rivers. He chose République centrafricaine, reportedly because he hoped for a larger union of states across central Africa, and the country became independent under that name in 1960.
From 1976 to 1979 Jean-Bédel Bokassa ruled the same state as the Central African Empire. The republic returned with his fall, and the name has not changed since.
Sango, the national language, has its own form: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka. The second word, Bêafrîka, is the everyday Sango name of the country, and Sango grammar books translate it as Central Africa. The accents are tone marks, not vowel quality: in the 1984 orthography a circumflex marks a high tone, a diaeresis a mid tone, and an unmarked vowel a low tone.
Bangui in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French | eng / fra | Bangui | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Bangui | same as written |
| Basque, Latvian, Polish | eus / lav / pol | Bangi | same as written |
| Lithuanian, Samogitian | lit / smg | Bangis | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Banqi / Банги | Banqi |
| Bosnian | bos | Bangi / Банги / بانغٖى | Bangi |
| Esperanto | epo | Banguo | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Bangui | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Bangví | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Bangî | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Bangui / Банги | Bangui |
| Malay | msa | Bangui / بانݢي | Bangui |
| Sango | sag | Bangî | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Bangí | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Banggi | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Bangi / Банги | Bangi |
| Uzbek | uzb | Bangi / Банги / بەنگى | Bangi |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian | bul / mon / rus | Банги | Bangi |
| Bashkir, Serbian | bak / srp | Банги / Bangi | Bangi |
| Belarusian | bel | Бангі / Banhi | Banhi |
| Kazakh | kaz | Банги / بانگي / Bangï | Bangï |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Банги / بانگئ / Bangi | Bangi |
| Tatar | tat | Банги / Bangi / بانگى | Bangi |
| Tajik | tgk | Банги / بنگی / Bangi | Bangi |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Банґі | Bangi |
| Arabic | ara | بانغي, بانجي | Bānġī, Bāngī |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | بانقی / Banqi | Banqi |
| Persian | fas | بانگی / Bângi | Bângi |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | بانگی | Bāngī |
| Pashto | pus | بنګي, بانګي | Bangī, Bāngī |
| Uyghur | uig | بانگى / Ban’gi / Банги | Ban’gi |
| Urdu | urd | بانگی | Bāngī |
| Hebrew | heb | בנגי, באנגי | Bangī, Bāngī |
| Yiddish | yid | באַנגי | Bangi |
| Amharic | amh | ባንጊ | Bangi |
| Greek | ell | Μπάνγκι, Μπανγκί | Mpángki, Mpangkí |
| Armenian | hye | Բանգի | Bangi |
| Georgian | kat | ბანგი | Bangi |
| Hindi | hin | बांगी | Bāṃgī |
| Bengali | ben | বাঙ্গি | Bāṅgi |
| Punjabi | pan | ਬਾਂਗੀ, ਬਾਨਗੀ | Bāṃgī, Bāngī |
| Kannada | kan | ಬಂಗಿ | Baṃgi |
| Malayalam | mal | ബാന്ഗി | Bāngi |
| Tamil | tam | பாங்கி | Pāṅki |
| Telugu | tel | బాన్గి | Bāngi |
| Chinese | zho | 斑吉 | Bānjí |
| Japanese | jpn | バンギ | Bangi |
| Korean | kor | 방기 | Banggi |
| Thai | tha | บังกี | Bâṅkī |
| Khmer | khm | បង់គី | Băṅkī |
Sango writes the city Bangî with a circumflex for the high tone. Most other languages keep the French spelling or drop the u.
Prefectures of the Central African Republic with ISO 3166-2 codes
The 17 units that ISO 3166-2:CF codes: 14 prefectures, the two economic prefectures and the commune of Bangui, each in French and in Sango with its seat in both languages. The English column gives the short name under which ISO lists the unit. Rows run alphabetically by French name.
| ISO 3166-2 | French | Sango | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefectures and the commune of Bangui sêse tî kömändâ-kötä17 | |||||
| CF-BB | Préfecture du Bamingui-Bangoran | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Bamïngï-Bangoran | Bamingui-Bangoran | NdéléNdëlë | |
| CF-BGF | Commune de Bangui | Kötä gbätä tî Bangî | Bangui | BanguiBangî | 2020 Bangui commune became a prefecture that also takes in Bimbo |
| CF-BK | Préfecture de la Basse-Kotto | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Do-Kötö | Basse-Kotto | MobayeMobaye | |
| CF-HM | Préfecture du Haut-Mbomou | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Tö-Mbömü | Haut-Mbomou | OboObo | |
| CF-HK | Préfecture de la Haute-Kotto | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Tö-Kötö | Haute-Kotto | BriaBria | |
| CF-KG | Préfecture de la Kémo | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Kemö | Kémo-Gribingui | SibutSibîti | |
| CF-LB | Préfecture de la Lobaye | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Lobâye | Lobaye | MbaïkiMbati | |
| CF-HS | Préfecture de la Mambéré-Kadéï / Haute-Sangha | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Mambere-Kadei / Tö-Sangä | Haute-Sangha / Mambéré-Kadéï | BerbératiBereberäti | 2020 Carnot, Amada-Gaza and Gadzi went to the new Mambéré prefecture |
| CF-MB | Préfecture du Mbomou | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Mbömü | Mbomou | BangassouBängâsu | |
| CF-KB | Préfecture de la Nana-Grébizi | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Nanä-Gïrïbïzï | Gribingui (economic prefecture) | Kaga-BandoroKaga-Bandoro | |
| CF-NM | Préfecture de la Nana-Mambéré | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Nanä-Mambere | Nana-Mambéré | BouarBuâra | |
| CF-MP | Préfecture de l’Ombella-Mpoko | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Ömbëlä-Pökö | Ombella-Mpoko | BoaliBoali (Bimbo until 2020) | 2020 Seat moved from Bimbo to Boali; Bimbo passed to the Bangui prefecture |
| CF-UK | Préfecture de la Ouaka | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Wäkä | Ouaka | BambariBämbärî | |
| CF-AC | Préfecture de l’Ouham | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Wâmo | Ouham | BossangoaBosangoa / Basango | 2020 Batangafo, Bouca and Kabo went to the new Ouham-Fafa prefecture |
| CF-OP | Préfecture de l’Ouham-Pendé | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Wâmo-Pendë | Ouham-Pendé | BozoumBozûmo / Buzûma | 2020 Paoua and the far west went to the new Lim-Pendé prefecture |
| CF-SE | Préfecture de la Sangha-Mbaéré | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Sangä-Mbaere | Sangha (economic prefecture) | NolaNola | |
| CF-VK | Préfecture de la Vakaga | Sêse tî kömändâ-kötä tî Vakaga | Vakaga | BiraoBiraö | |
Codes and ISO names: ISO 3166-2:CF on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:CF, checked 28 October 2026. The 2020 changes follow Wikipedia's Prefectures of the Central African Republic, citing Oubangui Médias of 11 December 2020. Seat column: French first, Sango second.
05 · Changes
Twenty prefectures since 2020
On 10 December 2020 a new territorial law raised the number of prefectures to 20. Three units have no ISO 3166-2 code yet: Mambéré with its seat at Carnot, taken from Mambéré-Kadéï; Lim-Pendé around Paoua, from Ouham-Pendé; and Ouham-Fafa around Batangafo, from Ouham. Bimbo, the large town south-west of the capital, left Ombella-Mpoko for the prefecture of Bangui, and Boali became the seat of Ombella-Mpoko again.
ISO still lists the 17 units of its 2010 newsletter, including the two economic prefectures and the commune of Bangui. Some ISO names differ from the everyday ones: CF-KB is Gribingui for Nana-Grébizi, CF-KG is Kémo-Gribingui for Kémo, CF-SE is Sangha for Sangha-Mbaéré, and CF-HS keeps the older Haute-Sangha beside Mambéré-Kadéï.
06 · Questions
Questions about the names of the Central African Republic
What is the Central African Republic called in Sango?
Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka. In everyday Sango the country is simply Bêafrîka.
What are the ISO codes of the Central African Republic?
CF (alpha-2), CAF (alpha-3) and 140 (numeric). The prefectures are coded from CF-AC to CF-VK, the capital as CF-BGF.
How many prefectures does the Central African Republic have?
20 since December 2020, Bangui included. ISO 3166-2 codes 17 of them, the units in place before the reform.