Chad

Chad

sovereign state, landlocked country, country

Part of	Middle Africa
Inception	11 August 1960
Official name	Tchad, la République du Tchad, Republic of Chad
Short name	🇹🇩
Dem name after	Lake Chad
Official language	French, Arabic
Anthem	La Tchadienne
Culture	culture of Chad
Motto text	Unité, Travail, Progrès, Unity, Work, Progress, الاتحاد، العمل، التقدم, Единство, труд, прогрес, Oasis of the Sahel
Continent	Africa
Country	Chad
Capital	N'Djamena
Located in time zone	UTC+01:00, Africa/Ndjamena
Located in or next to body of water	Lake Chad
Located in/on physical feature	Sahel
Coordinate location	15°28′0″N 19°24′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	15°41′56″N 24°0′0″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	23°26′57″N 16°0′0″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	7°26′35″N 15°48′0″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	14°25′0″N 13°28′13″E
Highest point	Emi Koussi
Lowest point	Bodélé Depression
Office held by head of state	President of Chad
State ein head	Mahamat Déby Itno
Office head of government hold	President of Chad
Government ein head	Idriss Déby
Executive body	Government of Chad
Legislative body	National Assembly
Highest judicial authority	Supreme Court of Chad
Central bank	Bank of Central African States
Currency	Central African CFA franc
Twinned administrative body	Aisai
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, Type E, Schuko, Europlug
Hashtag	Chad
Top-level Internet domain	.td
Flag	flag of Chad
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Chad
Geography of topic	geography of Chad
Get characteristic	not-free country
History of topic	history of Chad
Economy of topic	economy of Chad
Demographics of topic	demographics of Chad
Madhhab	Malikism
Mobile country code	622
Country calling code	+235
Emergency phone number	17, 18, 2251-4242
Licence plate code	TCH, TD
Maritime identification digits	670
Unicode character	🇹🇩
Category for maps	Category:Maps of Chad

Chad (/tʃæd/ (listen)), alias de Republic of Chad, be sam landlocked country for de crossroads of North den Central Africa. Edey share border plus Libya to de north, Sudan to de east, de Central African Republic to de south, Cameroon to de southwest, Nigeria to de southwest (at Lake Chad), den Niger to de west. Chad get de population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million dey de capital den de largest city of N'Djamena. Plus total area of around 1,284,000 km2 (496,000 sq mi), Chad be de fifth-largest country insyd Africa den de twentieth largest nation by area for de world insyd.

Chad get chaw regions: desert zone insyd de north, arid Sahelian belt insyd de centre den more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone insyd de south. Lake Chad, after which dem name de country, be de second-largest wetland insyd Africa. Chad ein official languages be Arabic den French. Ebe home to ova 200 different ethnic den linguistic groups. Islam (55.1%) den Christianity (41.1%) be de main religions dem dey practice for Chad insyd.

Demographics

Largest cities, towns, den municipalities

Cities of Chad

Rank	City	Population		Region
		1993 Census	2009 Census
1.	N'Djaména	530,965	951,418	N'Djaména
2.	Moundou	99,530	137,251	Logone Occidental
3.	Abéché	54,628	97,963	Ouaddaï
4.	Sarh	75,496	97,224	Moyen-Chari
5.	Kélo	31,319	57,859	Tandjilé
6.	Am Timan	21,269	52,270	Salamat
7.	Doba	17,920	49,647	Logone Oriental
8.	Pala	26,116	49,461	Mayo-Kebbi Ouest
9.	Bongor	20,448	44,578	Mayo-Kebbi Est
10.	Goz Beïda	3,083	41,248	Sila

Languages

Chad ein official languages be Arabic den French, buh dem dey speak ova 100 languages. De Chadic branch of de Afroasiatic language family get ein name from Chad, wey dozens of languages native to de country dey represent. Chad sanso be home to Central Sudanic, Maban, den chaw Niger-Congo languages.

Due to de important role itinerant Arab traders den settled merchants play for local communities insyd, Chadian Arabic cam turn lingua franca.

Government den politics

Administrative divisions

No.	Region	Pop'n (2009)	Pop'n (1 July 2023)	Est. Area (sq km)	Capital	Departments
1	Batha	488,458	748,395	93,732	Ati	Batha Est, Batha Ouest, Fitri
22	Chari-Baguirmi	578,425	884,924	47,226	Massenya	Baguirmi, Chari, Loug Chari
23	Hadjer-Lamis	566,858	870,231	31,376	Massakory	Dababa, Dagana , Haraze Al Biar
5	Wadi Fira	508,383	792,394	56,362	Biltine	Biltine, Dar Tama, Kobé
2	Bahr el Gazel	257,267	407,256	58,525	Moussoro	Barh El Gazel Nord, Barh El Gazel Sud
3	Borkou	93,584	154,865	271,513	Faya-Largeau	Borkou, Borkou Yala
8	Ennedi-Est	107,302	175,321	81,696	Am-Djarass	Am-Djarass, Wadi Hawar
12	Ennedi-Ouest	60,617	109,753	117,686	Fada	Fada, Mourtcha
9	Guéra	538,359	824,161	62,678	Mongo	Abtouyour, Barh Signaka, Guéra, Mangalmé
13	Kanem	333,387	505,839	70,516	Mao	Kanem, Nord Kanem, Wadi Bissam
14	Lac	331,496	509,258	20,543	Bol	Mamdi, Wayi
11	Logone Occidental	689,044	1,053,958	8,969	Moundou	Dodjé, Guéni, Lac Wey, Ngourkosso
7	Logone Oriental	779,339	1,184,567	24,119	Doba	La Nya, La Nya Pendé, La Pendé, Kouh-Est, Kouh-Ouest, Monts de Lam
15	Mandoul	628,065	1,002,346	17,761	Koumra	Barh Sara, Mandoul Occidental, Mandoul Oriental
6	Mayo-Kebbi Est	774,782	1,179,260	18,458	Bongor	Kabbia, Mayo-Boneye, Mayo-Lémié, Mont d'Illi
10	Mayo-Kebbi Ouest	564,470	858,593	12,787	Pala	Lac Léré, Mayo-Dallah
19	Moyen-Chari	588,008	902,311	42,307	Sarh	Barh Kôh, Grande Sido, Lac Iro
4	Ouaddaï	721,166	1,102,467	30,790	Abéché	Abdi, Assoungha, Ouara
17	Salamat	302,301	470,256	69,631	Am Timan	Aboudeïa, Barh Azoum, Haraze-Mangueigne
18	Sila	387,461	591,300	36,745	Goz Beïda	Djourf Al Ahmar, Kimiti
20	Tandjilé	661,906	1,007,812	17,891	Laï	Tandjilé Est, Tandjilé Ouest
21	Tibesti	25,483	52,626	135,896	Bardaï	Tibesti Est, Tibesti Ouest
16	N'Djamena (capital)	951,418	1,434,592	408	N'Djamena	10 dawāʾir anaa arrondissements

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External links

• Chad. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Chad country study from Library of Congress
• Chad profile from the BBC News
• Key Development Forecasts for Chad from International Futures