Coordinates: 15°N 19°E / 15°N 19°E / 15; 19Chad (/tʃæd/
(listen); Arabic: تشاد‎ TishÄ d, Arabic pronunciation:
[tʃaË d]; French: Tchad, pronounced [tʃa(d)]), officially known as
the Republic of Chad (Arabic: جمهورية تÙ'شَاد‎
JumhÅ«riyyat TÅ¡Ä d; French: République du Tchad), is a landlocked
country in north-central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north,
Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon
to the south-west, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger
to the west.Chad has several regions: a desert zone in the north, an
arid Sahelian belt in the centre and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna
zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the
largest wetland in Chad and the second-largest in Africa. The capital
N'Djamena is the largest city. Chad's official languages are Arabic
and French. Chad is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic
groups. Islam (51.8%) and Christianity (44.1%) are the main religions
practiced in Chad.Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human
populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end
of the 1st millennium AD, a series of states and empires had risen and
fallen in Chad's Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the
trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region.
(listen); Arabic: تشاد‎ TishÄ d, Arabic pronunciation:
[tʃaË d]; French: Tchad, pronounced [tʃa(d)]), officially known as
the Republic of Chad (Arabic: جمهورية تÙ'شَاد‎
JumhÅ«riyyat TÅ¡Ä d; French: République du Tchad), is a landlocked
country in north-central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north,
Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon
to the south-west, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger
to the west.Chad has several regions: a desert zone in the north, an
arid Sahelian belt in the centre and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna
zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the
largest wetland in Chad and the second-largest in Africa. The capital
N'Djamena is the largest city. Chad's official languages are Arabic
and French. Chad is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic
groups. Islam (51.8%) and Christianity (44.1%) are the main religions
practiced in Chad.Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human
populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end
of the 1st millennium AD, a series of states and empires had risen and
fallen in Chad's Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the
trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region.
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