Vakaga Prefecture
Sign in to saveVakaga is one of the 20 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Birao. It covers an area of 46,500 km and has a population of 52,255 (2003 census). In 2024, official estimates suggest the population reached 89,189 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vakaga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture
- Settlement.image_map
- Map of Vakaga 2021.png
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Vakaga, prefecture of Central African Republic
- Settlement.image_map1
- Vakaga sub-prefectures.png
- Settlement.map_caption1
- Sub-prefectures of Vakaga
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Central African Republic
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- Birao
- Settlement.leader_title
- Prefect
- Settlement.leader_name
- Judes Ngayakon
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 46500
- Settlement.population_total
- 52255
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2003 census
- Settlement.population_est
- 89189
- Settlement.pop_est_as_of
- 2024 estimation
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- Sub-prefectures
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Vakaga is one of the 20 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Birao. It covers an area of 46,500 km and has a population of 52,255 (2003 census). In 2024, official estimates suggest the population reached 89,189 inhabitants.
The extremely low population density, 1.1 people/km, is a result of the capture of the majority of the region's inhabitants by slave-traders from the Sudan in the second half of the nineteenth century. Vakaga is known for its oil reserves.