_#_Labor force: 775,413 (1986 est.); agriculture 85%, commerce and services 9%, industry 3%, government 3%; about 64,000 salaried workers; 55% of population of working age (1985)
_#_Organized labor: 1% of labor force
_*Government #_Long-form name: Central African Republic (no short-form name); abbreviated CAR
_#_Type: republic, one-party presidential regime since 1986
_#_Capital: Bangui
_#_Administrative divisions: 14 prefectures (prefectures, singular—prefecture) and 2 economic prefectures* (prefectures economiques, singular—prefecture economique); Bamingui-Bangoran, Basse-Kotto, Gribingui*, Haute-Kotto, Haute-Sangha, Haut-Mbomou, Kemo-Gribingui, Lobaye, Mbomou, Nana-Mambere, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha*, Vakaga; note—there may be a new autonomous commune of Bangui
_#_Independence: 13 August 1960 (from France; formerly Central African Empire)
_#_Constitution: 21 November 1986
_#_Legal system: based on French law
_#_National holiday: National Day (proclamation of the republic), 1 December (1958)