Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1960 – present

Central African Republic

A state of 1960 – present — 66 years, still standing in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Central African Empire. The atlas records 13 things within it — wars and battles 2 · regime change 1 · famine and plague 1 · people 9. Its line of rulers holds 9 people.

  • Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
66 years
and still standing
Rulers
9
the President of the Central African Republic
Most ground
622,600 km²
in 1961
Within it
13
recorded rows
Symbols
2
on record, with years
Map: Central African Republic in 1961, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Central African Republic in 1961, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 622,600 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Central African Empire: 1976 – 1979Central African Republic: 1960 – 2026

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Rulers

The line of President of the Central African Republic - the office this state names as its head of state.

David Dacko · 1960 – 1966 · left office aliveJean-Bédel Bokassa · 1966 – 1976 · left office aliveDavid Dacko · 1979 – 1981 · left office aliveAndré Kolingba · 1981 – 1993 · left office aliveAnge-Félix Patassé · 1993 – 2003 · deposed, the article saysFrançois Bozizé · 2003 – 2013 · exiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysMichel Djotodia · 2013 – 2014 · resigned or stood down, the article saysAlexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet · 2014 – 2014 · no death date to read the end againstCatherine Samba-Panza · 2014 – 2016 · served out the term, the article saysFaustin-Archange Touadéra · 2016 – … · still in office1960198020002020
deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
David Dacko1960 – 19666 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Jean-Bédel Bokassa1966 – 197610 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
David Dacko1979 – 19812 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
André Kolingba1981 – 199312 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Ange-Félix Patassé1993 – 200310 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
François Bozizé2003 – 201310 yearsexiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Michel Djotodia2013 – 20141 yearresigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet2014 – 2014under a yearending not on record
Catherine Samba-Panza2014 – 20162 yearsserved out the term, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Faustin-Archange Touadéra2016 – in officein office since 2016still in office

9 rulers, 9 with terms dated as terms, covering 1960 – 2016. Median reign 6 years. 5 of 9 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.70, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Heads of government

The line of Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.

Barthélemy Boganda1958 – 1959
David Dacko1959 – 1960
Abel Goumba1959 – 1959
Elisabeth Domitien1975 – 1976
Ange-Félix Patassé1976 – 1978
Henri Maïdou1978 – 1979
Bernard Ayandho1979 – 1980
Jean-Pierre Lebouder1980 – 1981
Simon Narcisse Bozanga1981 – 1981
Édouard Frank1991 – 1992
Timothée Malendoma1992 – 1993
Jean-Luc Mandaba1993 – 1995
Enoch Derant Lakoué1993 – 1993
Gabriel Koyambounou1995 – 1996
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé1996 – 1997
Michel Gbezera-Bria1997 – 1999
Anicet-Georges Dologuélé1999 – 2001
Martin Ziguélé2001 – 2003
Célestin Gaombalet2003 – 2005
Abel Goumba2003 – 2003
Élie Doté2005 – 2008
Faustin-Archange Touadéra2008 – 2013
Nicolas Tiangaye2013 – 2014
André Nzapayeké2014 – 2014
Mahamat Kamoun2014 – 2016
Simplice Sarandji2016 – 2019
Firmin Ngrébada2019 – 2021
Henri-Marie Dondra2021 – 2022
Félix Moloua2022 – 2026

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

197019801990200020102020

622,600 km² in 1970, 622,500 km² in 2020; at its largest 622,600 km² in 1970. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Flag of the Central African Republic
    flag, from 1958Flag of the Central African Republic · Public domain
  • Coat of arms of Central African Republic
    coat of arms, from 1963Coat of arms of Central African Republic · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1900 – 1999: 10 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other19002000 – 2099: 3 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other2000

1900 – 199910 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 2 more in the atlas.

2000 – 20993 rows · 2 wars and battles

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood66 years

    stood longer than 38% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held622,600 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 78% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century2.0

    had more wars on record per century than 97% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median6 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 22% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record9

    has more rulers on record than 78% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Berlin · In the article · 1244 · “In 1987 and 1988, semi-free elections to parliament were held, but Kolingba's two major political opponents, Abel Goumba and Ange-Félix Patassé, were not allo…”BerlinCentral African Republic · 1960 – 2026Central African Republic1400160018002000
in the article

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q929 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.