Money / Currency
CFA (Communaut Financiaire Africaine) Franc (CFAfr) = 100 centimes. Notes are in denominations of CFAfr10,000, 5000, 2000, 1000 and 500. Coins are in denominations of CFAfr500, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1. The Central African Republic is part of the French Monetary Area
Credit cards are rarely accepted
Euro travellers cheques can be exchanged
Health
World health Organisation
Visas
all Nationalities require a visa contact your local embassy for details, (or a French embasy)
Weather
Hot all year with a rainy season from May to October, the south is more humid then the north.
National weather service
Public Holidays
| 1st January |
New Years' Day |
| 29th March |
Boganda's Remembrance Day |
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Easter Monday |
| 1st May |
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| 30th June |
National Prayer Day |
| 13th August |
Independence |
| 15th August |
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| 1st November |
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| 1st December |
National Day |
| 25th December |
Christmas Day |