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Central Africa. Countries in central Africa. Democratic republic of Congo Cameroon Central African republic Congo Gabon Equatorial guinea Sao tome Principe. Important places.
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Countries in central Africa • Democratic republic of Congo • Cameroon • Central African republic • Congo • Gabon • Equatorial guinea • Sao tome • Principe
Important places Bangui-it is the largest trade centre. Its manufactures include textiles, food products, beer, shoes, and soap. Bangui's port controls most of the country's international trade and the principal exports are cotton, timber, and coffee.
Physical features Rivers landforms Marra mountains Libyan dessert Ethiopia highlands Mitumba mountains • Congo river • Lake Tanganyika • Lake Albert • Lake Edward • Lake kivu • Lake Baikal
Humans and their physical environment • Humans in Central Africa spare their water by making man-made rivers and streams. • Humans depend on the environment for their basic needs of food, shelter, and clothing. • Humans adapt to survive the environment’s climate, and natural hazards. • Humans modify the environment to meet their changing needs using technology .
culture • In central africa
Types of government in central Africa • Central Africa has a democratic government • Central Africa has had lots of opportunities to be wealthy • They have not been able to take full advantage to use their natural resources. • They have political unrest in their region.
Location of central Africa • The former French colony of Ubangi-Shari, now the Central African Republic, is well named; it is a landlocked country in the center of the African continent. Land boundaries extend for 5,203 kilometers (3,233 miles) connecting Cameroon to the west, Chad and Sudan to the north, and the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the south. The Central AR is covered with tropical rainforest in the southern and western regions and dryer savanna in the north and east. The capital city, Bangui, is in the southwest, on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The other main towns are Barbara and Bosanko.
Cool and interesting facts about central Africa • In the 2000 Olympic summer games, the men’s soccer team won for the first time. • 52 million people consist of more than 200 different ethnic groups. • Farming ,fishing ,and harvesting wood are the country's main economic activities.