Facts about Central Africa.

Central Africa is a core region of the African Continent which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Middle Africa (as used by the United Nations when categorizing geographic sub-regions) is an analogous term that includes Angola, Cameroon, the Central Africa Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principle.

All of the states in the UN sub-region of Middle Africa, plus those otherwise commonly reckoned in Central Africa (11 states in total), constitute the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). Since its independence in 2011, South Sudan has also been commonly included in the region.

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.

The basin of lake Chad has historically been ecologically significant to the populations of Central Africa, with the Lake Chad Basin Commission serving as an important supra-regional organization in Central Africa. The largest Sao archaeological finds have been made South of Lake Chad.