Central Africa GuideCentral Africa is a region of Africa. AngolaFormer Portuguese colony which went through a brutal civil war. Now largely safe, but has been surprisingly slow to appear on the tourist radar CameroonSometimes referred to as Africa in Miniature, the terrain includes rain forest, desert plains, mountains and high plateau. HotelsFind hotels in Kinshasa and more. KinshasaKinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa has the largest population of any city proper in Africa with a population of 10,076,099, and ranks as its third largest metropolitan area. D.R. CongoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is the largest and most populous country in Central Africa. CameroonCameroon is in Central Africa. It borders Nigeria to the west, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. AngolaAngola is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Namibia in the south, Zambia in the east and the Republic of Congo, as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the north. Republic of the CongoThe Republic of the Congo is in Central Africa. The country is also known as Congo-Brazzaville to distinguish it from its giant eastern neighbour, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Central African RepublicThe Central African Republic is at the geographic center of Africa, bordered by Cameroon to the west, Chad to the north, Sudan and South Sudan to the east, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo to the south. GabonGabon is a country in Western Central Africa. It lies on the Equator, on the Atlantic Ocean coast, between the Republic of the Congo to the south and east, Equatorial Guinea to the northwest and Cameroon to the north. South SudanSouth Sudan is a country in Central Africa. Formerly a breakaway region of Sudan, it became an independent country on 9 July 2011 after a referendum was held in January that year. Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea is a small country in West Africa, divided into two parts, the mainland and the islands. São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé and Príncipe is a small island nation off the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, located in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon.