Central African Republic: General Travel Information
Money / Currency Safety advice Health Issues Visas
Weather Commuications Electricity Public Holidays
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
International direct dialling is available although sometimes you may need to call through an operator
Mobile phone cpverage is only in the capial Bangui
Internet is available in a couple of the larger towns
Post to europe will take at least one week, surface mail up to 3 months. the postal service is not very reliable.
Country code ++236
Electric Power is 220V running at 50Hz.
The Plug types used are :
Round pin attachment plug
Round pin plug and receptacle with male grounding pin
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
US State department
Australian Foreigh affairs
Canadian Consular affairs
New Zealand Foreign Affairs
all Nationalities require a visa contact your local embassy for details, (or a French embasy)
Hot all year with a rainy season from May to October, the south is more humid then the north.
| 1st January | New Years' Day |
| 29th March | Boganda's Remembrance Day |
| Easter Monday | |
| 1st May | |
| 30th June | National Prayer Day |
| 13th August | Independence |
| 15th August | |
| 1st November | |
| 1st December | National Day |
| 25th December | Christmas Day |