Editing CFA franc (section)

===Central Africa===
{{Main|Central African CFA franc}}
[[File:Africacoins.png|250px|thumbnail|right|Central African CFA franc coins]]

The Central Africa CFA franc ('''XAF''') is known in [[French language|French]] as the {{lang|fr|Franc CFA}}, where CFA stands for {{lang|fr|Coopération financière en Afrique centrale}} ("Financial Cooperation in Central Africa"). It is issued by the BEAC ({{lang|fr|[[Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale]]}}, i.e., "Bank of the Central African States"), located in [[Yaoundé]], [[Cameroon]], for the six countries of the CEMAC ({{lang|fr|Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale}}, i.e., "[[Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa]]"):
*{{flag|Cameroon}}
*{{flag|Central African Republic}}
*{{flag|Chad}}
*{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
*{{flag|Gabon}}
*{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}

These six countries have a combined population of 62.8&nbsp;million people (as of 2023),<ref name="2023_pop" /> and a combined GDP of US$114.3&nbsp;billion (as of 2023).<ref name="2023_GDP" />

In 1975, Central African CFA banknotes were issued with an [[obverse]] unique to each participating country, and common reverse, in a fashion similar to [[euro coins]].

[[Equatorial Guinea]], the only former Spanish colony in the zone, adopted the CFA in 1984.