The Mandja (also: Mandjia, Mandija, Manja) are an ethnic group found in the central region of the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

. They are related to the

Gbaya people The Gbaya, also Gbeya or Baya, are a people of western region of Central African Republic, east-central Cameroon, the north of the Republic of Congo, and the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the first half of the 20th century, the ...

. They number approximately 250,000.

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Ethnic groups in the Central African Republic {{CentralAfricanRepublic-stub