Chad - Wikipedia
WEBChad is a large landlocked country spanning north-central Africa. It covers an area of 1,284,000 square kilometres (496,000 sq mi), lying between latitudes 7° and 24°N, and 13° and 24°E, and is the twentieth-largest country in the world. Chad is, by size, slightly smaller than Peru and slightly larger than South Africa.
Chad | History, Flag, Language, Population, Map, & Facts
WEB3 days ago · Chad, landlocked country in north-central Africa. The terrain is that of a shallow basin that rises gradually from the Lake Chad area in the west and is rimmed by mountains to the north, east, and south. The capital is N’Djamena. Learn more about Chad, including its people, economy, and government.
Chad - The World Factbook
WEBApr 9, 2024 · As of December 2022, more than 403,000 refugees from Sudan and more than 120,000 from the Central African Republic strain Chad’s limited resources and create tensions in host communities. Thousands of new refugees fled to Chad in 2013 to escape worsening violence in the Darfur region of Sudan.
History of Chad - Wikipedia
WEBChad (Arabic: تشاد; French: Tchad), officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders 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.
Chad country profile - BBC News
WEBJul 28, 2023 · A largely semi-desert country, Chad is rich in gold and uranium and stands to benefit from its recently-acquired status as an oil-exporting state. Chad's post-independence history has been...
History of Chad | Events, People, Dates, Maps, & Facts
WEBOct 20, 2022 · history of Chad, a survey of notable events and people in the history of Chad, focusing on from the 16th century ce to the present day. Chad is a landlocked country in north-central Africa.
Chad - The World Factbook
WEBApr 9, 2024 · Chad - The World Factbook. Country Summary. PDF. Introduction. Background. Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured six decades of chronic internal conflicts with armed rebel groups, including a period of civil warfare in 1979-1982, as well a Libyan invasion in the 1980s.
Chad - BBC News
WEB4 days ago · 5:10 25 Mar. Chad's junta chief, nine others cleared for May election. Reuters. Interim President General Mahamat Idriss Deby seized power after the death of his father in 2021. The...
Chad - The World Factbook
WEBDec 28, 2021 · Geography - note. note 1: Chad is the largest of Africa's 16 landlocked countries note 2: not long ago - geologically speaking - what is today the Sahara was green savannah teeming with wildlife; during the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, a vibrant animal community, including elephants, giraffes, hippos, and …
Chad summary | Britannica
WEBChad is a unitary republic with one legislative body; its head of state is the president and its head of government the prime minister. About ad 800 the kingdom of Kanem was founded, and by the early 1200s its borders had expanded to form …
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