Prefectures of the Central African Republic

Since 10 December 2020, The Central African Republic is administratively divided into 20 prefectures (Template:Langx, Sango: kodoro kômanda-kôta) and the capital city of Bangui, which is an autonomous commune (Template:Langx, Sango: kôta-gbata).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Each prefecture is governed by a local assembly called General Council (Conseil Général), presided by a Prefect (Préfet). The prefectures are further subdivided into 80 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.)

Table of provinces

No.	Prefecture	ISO code	Capital	Population Template:Small <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Area Template:Small	Density Template:Small Template:Small	Zone/Region	Sub-prefectures	Communes
1.	Bangui	Template:Mono	Bangui	1,425,276	Template:Nts	437	Bas-Oubangui (VII)	10	10
2.	Mbomou	Template:Mono	Bangassou	257,803	Template:Nts	4.3	Haut-Oubangui (VI)	5	10
3.	Basse-Kotto	Template:Mono	Mobaye	380,172	Template:Nts	22.5	Haut-Oubangui (VI)	6	15
4.	Kémo	Template:Mono	Sibut	183,742	Template:Nts	11.1	Kagas (IV)	4	8
5.	Nana-Mambéré	Template:Mono	Bouar	341,796	Template:Nts	12.6	Equateur (II)	4	16
6.	Ouham	Template:Mono	Bossangoa	297,904	Template:Nts	14.7	Yade (III)	7	20
7.	Sangha-Mbaéré	Template:Mono	Nola	138,770	Template:Nts	7.5	Equateur (II)	3	5
8.	Lobaye	Template:Mono	Mbaïki	345,108	Template:Nts	18.6	Plateaux (I)	5	12
9.	Ombella-M'Poko	Template:Mono	Boali	269,809	Template:Nts	9.4	Plateaux (I)	6	8
10.	Ouham-Pendé	Template:Mono	Bozoum	243,315	Template:Nts	13.1	Yade (III)	6	23
11.	Haut-Mbomou	Template:Mono	Obo	52,314	Template:Nts	0.9	Haut-Oubangui (VI)	4	5
12.	Ouaka	Template:Mono	Bambari	446,354	Template:Nts	9.0	Kagas (IV)	5	16
13.	Haute-Kotto	Template:Mono	Bria	128,342	Template:Nts	1.5	Fertit (V)	3	6
14.	Bamingui-Bangoran	Template:Mono	Ndélé	82,108	Template:Nts	1.4	Fertit (V)	2	3
15.	Vakaga	Template:Mono	Birao	83,188	Template:Nts	1.8	Fertit (V)	2	3
16.	Nana-Grébizi	Template:Mono	Kaga Bandoro	208,821	Template:Nts	10.6	Kagas (IV)	2	6
17.	Mambéré-Kadéï	Template:Mono	Berbérati	273,166	Template:Nts	19.9	Equateur (II)	7	12
18.	Mambéré	n/a	Carnot	265,479	Template:Nts	16.9	Equateur (II)	4	5
19.	Lim-Pendé	n/a	Paoua	442,151	Template:Nts	33.5	Yade (III)	5	14
20.	Ouham-Fafa	n/a	Batangafo	225,479	Template:Nts	6.9	Yade (III)	4	11

See also

• ISO 3166-2:CF

Sources

• Central African Republic