Regional Information-
Capital CityBangui
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Regional Relationshipsperiodic skirmishes over water and grazing rights among related pastoral populations along the border with southern Sudan persist
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Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements
Challenges
Tap water is not potable; poaching has diminished the country's reputation as one of the last great wildlife refuges; desertification; deforestation
International Agreements
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
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Humanitarian Projects -
Native Languages French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages
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Climate Tropical; hot, dry winters; mild to hot, wet summers
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