XAFxxx Central African CFA Franc exchange rate Live chart (Communaute Financiere d'Afrique currency, code: XAF, symbol: FCFA)

Central African CFA Franc (XAF) is official currency of 6 countries : Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Congo-Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo), Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon.



Communaute Financiere d'Afrique currency : Central African CFA Franc (ISO 4217 currency code: XAF, symbol: FCFA) : 1 Franc (FCFA) = 100 centimes (c). Central African CFA Franc is pegged with euro at the rate of € 1 (euro) = 655.957 franc (FCFA). The Central African CFA franc is of equal value to the West African CFA franc, 1 XOF = 1 XAF. Central African CFA Franc is the official currency of six independent states in Central Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The Central African CFA Franc was introduced to the French colonies in Equatorial Africa in 1945, replacing the French Equatorial African franc. The acronym CFA stands for Communaute Financiere d'Afrique (Financial Community of Africa). Its nickname is céfa, franc. Central bank is Bank of Central African States (Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale : BEAC) in Yaoundé, Cameroon.