Why is the Central African Republic considered a landlocked country?

The Central African Republic is considered a landlocked country because it is an independent sovereign state that lacks direct access to an ocean or to a sea that is not landlocked.12

Located in the center of Africa, the nation is entirely surrounded by other countries: Chad to the north, Sudan and South Sudan to the north and east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo to the south, and Cameroon to the west. Because it has no coastline, the country relies on inland waterways, such as the Ubangi River, for international trade and communication with the outside world.34