Central Africa
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{{legend|#00a000|Central Africa}}
{{legend|#00d000|Middle Africa ([[subregion|UN subregion]])}}
{{legend|#00ff00|[[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland|Central African Federation]] (defunct)}}]]
'''Central Africa''' is a core [[region]] of the [[Africa]]n [[continent]] often considered to include [[Burundi]], the [[Central African Republic]], [[Chad]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and [[Rwanda]].
'''Middle Africa''' (as used by the [[United Nations]] when [[subregion|categorising geographic subregions]]) is an analogous term that describes the portion of Africa south of the [[Sahara Desert]], east of [[West Africa|Western Africa]], but west of the [[Great Rift Valley]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/worldregions.htm| title = World Macro Regions and Components| publisher = United Nations| date = [[2000]] | accessdate = 2007-12-16}}</ref> The region is dominated by the [[Congo River]] and its tributaries, which collectively drain a greater area than any river system except the [[Amazon River|Amazon]]. According to the UN, the nine countries of Middle Africa are [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Chad]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], and [[São Tomé and Príncipe]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/worldregions.htm| title = World Macro Regions and Components| publisher = United Nations| date = [[2000]] | accessdate = 2007-12-16}}</ref> All of the states in the UN subregion of Middle Africa, plus those otherwise commonly reckoned in central Africa (11 states in total), comprise the [[Economic Community of Central African States]] (ECCAS).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/recs/eccas.htm| title = Economic Community of Central African States | publisher = Africa-Union.org| date = [[2007]] | accessdate = 2007-12-16}}</ref>
The [[Central African Federation]] (1953–1963), also called the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]], was made up of what are now the nations of [[Malawi]], [[Zambia]], and [[Zimbabwe]]. Similarly, the Anglican [[Church of the Province of Central Africa]] covers dioceses in [[Botswana]], Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. These states are now typically regarded as parts of [[Southern Africa]] or [[East Africa|Eastern Africa]]. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-43831/Southern-Africa| title = The Central African Federation| publisher = Encyclopedia Britannica| date = [[2007]] | accessdate = 2007-12-16}}</ref>
==Climate==
Much of Africa's Atlantic coast has a humid tropical climate.It is wet and warm all year. This climate supports a large, dense tropical rain forest.North and south of the Congo Basin are large areas with a tropical savanna climate.Those areas are warm all year ,but have distinct dry and wet seasons.Only in the high eastern mountains is there highland climate.Dry steppe and even desert climates are found in the far south.
==See also==
* [[British Central Africa Protectorate]] (1891–1907)
* [[French Equatorial Africa]]
* [[East Africa]]
* [[North Africa]]
* [[Southern Africa]]
* [[Subsaharan Africa]]
* [[History of Central Africa]]
==References==
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[[an:Africa Zentral]]
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[[cy:Canolbarth Affrica]]
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[[pt:África Central]]
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[[ru:Центральная Африка]]
[[se:Gaska-Afrihkká]]
[[sg:Bêafrîka]]
[[sk:Stredná Afrika]]
[[sl:Osrednja Afrika]]
[[sr:Средња Африка]]
[[sh:Srednja Afrika]]
[[fi:Keski-Afrikka (alue)]]
[[sv:Centralafrika]]
[[tl:Gitnang Aprika]]
[[th:แอฟริกากลาง]]
[[vi:Trung Phi]]
[[uk:Центральна Африка]]
[[vec:Africa Zsentrałe]]
[[wo:Diggu Afrig]]
[[yo:Apa Arin Afrika]]
[[zh:中部非洲]]