Topic - Central African Republic

The Central African Republic French is its official language, with Sango, a Ngbandi-based creole language, as the national and co-official language. Its capital and largest city is Bangui, which is on the southern border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. - Source: Wikipedia

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