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Central African Empire

Also known as Empire centrafricain

former country

Key facts

Capital and largest city: Bangui
Official language: French
National language: Sango
Religion: Catholicism (official) , Protestantism , Sunni Islam (minority)
Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy ( de jure ) Unitary one-party absolute monarchy under military dictatorship ( de facto )
1976 1979: Bokassa I
1976 1978: Ange-Félix Patassé
1978 1979: Henri Maïdou
Proclamation: 4 December 1976
Coronation of bokassa i: 4 December 1977
Overthrow: 21 September 1979
Total: 622,984 km (240,535 sq mi)

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Today part ofCentral African Republic

The Central African Empire (French: Empire centrafricain) was an African monarchical state that was established on 4 December 1976 when the then-President of the Central African Republic, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, declared himself Emperor of Central Africa. The empire would fall less than three years later when French and Central African forces overthrew Bokassa and re-established the Central African Republic on 21 September 1979.