Since 10 December 2020, the Central African Republic has been administratively divided into 20 prefectures (, Sango: kodoro kômanda-kôta), including the capital, Bangui.

Each prefecture is governed by a local assembly called General Council (Conseil Général), presided by a Prefect (Préfet). The prefectures are further subdivided into 84 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 Prefectures No. Prefecture ISO code Capital Population Area Density Zone/Region Sub-prefectures Communes 1. Bangui Bangui 1,464,921 449.3 Bas-Oubangui (VII) 10 10 2. Mbomou Bangassou 267,647 4.3 Haut-Oubangui (VI) 5 10 3. Basse-Kotto Mobaye 393,276 22.3 Haut-Oubangui (VI) 6 15 4. Kémo Sibut 197,538 11.4 Kagas (IV) 4 8 5. Nana-Mambéré Bouar 371,863 13.9 Equateur (II) 4 16 6. Ouham Bossangoa 329,645 6.56 Yade (III) 7 20 7. Sangha-Mbaéré Nola 152,675 7.8 Equateur (II) 3 5 8. Lobaye Mbaïki 361,289 18.7 Plateaux (I) 5 12 9. Ombella-M'Poko Boali 292,618 9.1 Plateaux (I) 6 8 10. Ouham-Pendé Bozoum 254,649 7.9 Yade (III) 6 23 11. Haut-Mbomou Obo 59,225 1.0 Haut-Oubangui (VI) 4 5 12. Ouaka Bambari 459,412 9.2 Kagas (IV) 5 16 13. Haute-Kotto Bria 144,289 1.6 Fertit (V) 3 6 14. Bamingui-Bangoran Ndélé 85,472 1.4 Fertit (V) 2 3 15. Vakaga Birao 89,189 1.9 Fertit (V) 2 3 16. Nana-Grébizi Kaga-Bandoro 232,205 11.6 Kagas (IV) 2 6 17. Mambéré-Kadéï Berbérati 281,286 9.3 Equateur (II) 7 12 18. Mambéré n/a Carnot 324,406 20.6 Equateur (II) 4 5 19. Lim-Pendé n/a Paoua 469,545 35.5 Yade (III) 5 14 20. Ouham-Fafa n/a Batangafo 239,157 7.3 Yade (III) 4 11

See also ISO 3166-2:CF

References

Sources Central African Republic