Central Africa

core region of the African continent
Place region Q27433
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Central Africa

Summary

Central Africa is a region[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,567 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Central Africa is on the continent of Africa[3].
  • Central Africa's instance of is recorded as region[4].
  • Central Africa's instance of is recorded as cultural region[5].
  • Central Africa's instance of is recorded as subregion[6].
  • Central Africa's shares border with is recorded as Southern Africa[7].
  • Central Africa's shares border with is recorded as North Africa[8].
  • Central Africa's shares border with is recorded as West Africa[9].
  • Central Africa's shares border with is recorded as East Africa[10].
  • Central Africa's shares border with is recorded as Atlantic Ocean[11].
  • The location of Central Africa was Africa[12].
  • Central Africa is part of Africa[13].
  • Central Africa is part of sub-Saharan Africa[14].
  • Central Africa's Commons category is recorded as Central Africa[15].
  • Central Africa comprises Central African Republic[16].
  • Central Africa comprises Chad[17].
  • Central Africa comprises Democratic Republic of the Congo[18].
  • Central Africa comprises Cameroon[19].
  • Central Africa comprises Angola[20].
  • Central Africa comprises Republic of the Congo[21].
  • Central Africa comprises Equatorial Guinea[22].
  • Central Africa comprises Gabon[23].
  • Central Africa comprises São Tomé and Príncipe[24].
  • Central Africa comprises Zambia[25].
  • Central Africa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 2, 'lon': 21}[26].
  • Central Africa's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Africa[27].

Body

Geography

Central Africa is on the continent of Africa[3]. Part of include Africa[13], a continent[28] and sub-Saharan Africa[14], a region[29].

Physical Characteristics

Central Africa has a population of {'amount': '+213189468'}[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include region[4], cultural region[5], and subregion[6].

Why It Matters

Central Africa ranks in the top 7% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,567 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . workwithdata.com. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . slcc.pressbooks.pub. slcc.pressbooks.pub. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . enciclopedia.cat. enciclopedia.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . enciclopedia.cat. enciclopedia.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . enciclopedia.cat. enciclopedia.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . enciclopedia.cat. enciclopedia.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . enciclopedia.cat. enciclopedia.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . enciclopedia.cat. enciclopedia.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . eeas.europa.eu. eeas.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . enciclopedia.cat. enciclopedia.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . cambridge.org. cambridge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Tholzheim · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id Q1784029
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8168]]: Q1784029, adds FactGrid ID"
  2. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5, Encyclopædia Britannica
    Instance of region, cultural region, subregion
    Instance of
    Location Africa
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 184560, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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