OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Chad CAPITAL: N'Djamena SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic with Transitional Regime AREA: 1,284,640 Sq Km (496,002 Sq Mi) ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION 7,068,300 LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY: Chad is a landlocked country located in North Central Africa. It is bounded by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest and Niger to the West. The country is mostly an arid, semi-desert pl ...

The Library of Congress >> Especially for Researchers >> Research Centers Home >> Country Studies >> ChadFind in Federal Research Division Pages Researchers Web Pages All Library of Congress Pages A Country Study: Chad Library of Congress Call Number DT546.422 .C48 1990 Chad Foreword Acknowledgements Preface Country Profile Country Geography Society Economy Transportation and Communications Government and Politics National Security Introduction Chapte ...

. . |2000 INDEX| 1999 INDEX 1996 INDEX Introduction Geography Population Government Economy Communicat's Transportation Military Transnational Issues Maps Flags . Feedback =========== [TOP] Chad Geography 2000 Location: Central Africa, south of Libya Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 19 00 E Map references: Africa Area: total: 1.284 million sq km land: 1,259,200 sq km water: 24,800 sq km Area - compa ...

Africa | Antarctica | Arctic | Asia | Australia/Oceania | Caribbean | Central America | Europe | Islands of the World Middle East | North America | South America | World Atlas | WIN $100 here Description The ancient land called Chad was inhabited over one million years ago, at a time when much of it was only water. In modern Chad, precious water is often difficult to find, while famine and war seem everywhere. Over the centuries it served as the stomping-ground of sorts ...

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In 1958 a tricolor of green-yellow-red (the Pan-African colors) was proposed, but that design was already used by the Mali-Senegal federation, another former French colony. Approved on Nov. 6, 1959, the current flag substitutes blue for the original green stripe. Blue is for hope and sky, yellow for the sun, and red for the unity of the nation. Chad Official name: Jumhuriyah Tshad (Arabic); République du Tchad (French) (Republic of Chad). Form of government: unitary ...

Skip Navigation Links Africa | World Country (long form)Republic of Chad CapitalN'Djamena Total Area495,755.17 sq mi 1,284,000.00 sq km (slightly more than three times the size of California) Population8,707,078 (July 2001 est.) Estimated Population in 205033,261,731 LanguagesFrench (official), Arabic (official), Sara and Sango (in south), more than 100 different languages and dialects Literacy48.1% total, 62.1% male, 34.7% female (1995 est.) ReligionsMuslim 50%, Christian ...

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