Prefectures of the Central African Republic

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The Central African Republic is administratively divided into 16 prefectures (French: préfectures, Sango: kodoro kômanda-kôta) and the capital city of Bangui, which is an autonomous commune (French: commune autonome, Sango: kôta-gbata).

Each prefecture is governed by a local assembly called General Council (Conseil Général), presided by a Prefect (Préfet). The prefectures are further subdivided into 71 sub-prefectures.

Prefectures are all named after major rivers passing through their areas:

Ubangi, Nana, Mambéré, Kadeï, Lobaye, M'Poko, Ombella, Sangha, Kémo, Ouaka, Kotto, and Mbomou all flow into the Congo River.
Pendé, Ouham, Gribingui, Bamingui, Bangoran, and Vakaga all flow into the Chari River, and then into Lake Chad.

(Basse ("Lower") means downstream, and Haut or Haute ("Upper") means upstream.)

No.	Prefecture	ISO code	Capital	Population (2003 census)	Area (km²)
N/A	Bangui (AC)	`CF-BGF`	Bangui	7005622771000000000622,771	700167000000000000067
1.	Mbomou	`CF-MB`	Bangassou	7005164008000000000164,008	700461150000000000061,150
2.	Basse-Kotto	`CF-BK`	Mobaye	7005249150000000000249,150	700417604000000000017,604
3.	Kémo	`CF-KG`	Sibut	7005118420000000000118,420	700417204000000000017,204
4.	Nana-Mambéré	`CF-NM`	Bouar	7005233666000000000233,666	700426600000000000026,600
5.	Ouham	`CF-AC`	Bossangoa	7005369220000000000369,220	700450250000000000050,250
6.	Sangha-Mbaéré	`CF-SE`	Nola	7005101074000000000101,074	700419412000000000019,412
7.	Lobaye	`CF-LB`	Mbaïki	7005246875000000000246,875	700419235000000000019,235
8.	Ombella-M'Poko	`CF-MP`	Bimbo	7005356725000000000356,725	700431835000000000031,835
9.	Ouham-Pendé	`CF-OP`	Bozoum	7005430506000000000430,506	700432100000000000032,100
10.	Haut-Mbomou	`CF-HM`	Obo	700457602000000000057,602	700455530000000000055,530
11.	Ouaka	`CF-UK`	Bambari	7005276710000000000276,710	700449900000000000049,900
12.	Haute-Kotto	`CF-HK`	Bria	700490316000000000090,316	700486650000000000086,650
13.	Bamingui-Bangoran	`CF-BB`	Ndélé	700443229000000000043,229	700458200000000000058,200
14.	Vakaga	`CF-VK`	Birao	700452255000000000052,255	700446500000000000046,500
15.	Nana-Grébizi	`CF-KB`	Kaga Bandoro	7005117816000000000117,816	700419996000000000019,996
16.	Mambéré-Kadéï	`CF-HS`	Berbérati	7005364795000000000364,795	700430203000000000030,203

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