中非共和国（法语：République centrafricaine；桑戈语：Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka）是一位于中部非洲的国家，其前身为法属乌班基-夏利领地（Territoire d'Oubangui-Chari），是法国位于非洲的殖民地之一。身为一内陆国家，中非从西边起依顺时针方向，分别为喀麦隆、乍得、苏丹、南苏丹、刚果民主共和国与刚果共和国所包围。中非成立于1958年12月，初期为半自治的政府型态，并且在1960年8月13日正式宣布独立。首都班基（Bangui，或译班吉）是一位于乌班基河（Oubangui）沿岸的边境城市。

The Central African Republic (CAR; Sango: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka; French:République centrafricaine  pronounced: [ʁepyblik sɑ̃tʁafʁikɛn], or Centrafrique [sɑ̃tʀafʁik]) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo to the south and Cameroon to the west. The CAR covers a land area of about 620,000 square kilometres (240,000 sq mi) and had an estimated population of around 4.7 million as of 2014.