Central African Republic

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• 🦓A landlocked country in the heart of the African continent, rich in natural reserves, wildlife, and minerals.
• 🏳️What does its flag mean? The blue, white, green, and yellow horizontal stripes represent the sky and freedom, peace and purity, hope and forests, and natural wealth and the sun. The vertical red stripe symbolizes the blood shed for independence and the unity between African and European peoples. A gold five-pointed star on the blue band guides the nation toward progress and unity.
• 🌌Much of the Central African Republic has little artificial night lighting, allowing dark night skies away from settlements.
• 🐘Dzanga-Sangha Reserve: The country houses the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, famous for Dzanga Bai, a large forest clearing where dozens of forest elephants gather daily to lick mineral salts.
• 💎Alluvial diamonds: Most of the country's high-grade diamonds are mined from riverbeds rather than traditional deep underground mines.