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 | |  | | About Republic of Chad: |
 | Location: Africa
Status: UN Country
Capital City: N’djamena (Ndjamena)
Main Cities: Moundou
Population: 6,183,000
Area: 1,284,000 km2
Currency: 1 CFA franc = 100 centimes (no longer used)
Languages: French, Arabic, Sudanic tribal
Religions: Animist, Muslim, Christian |
| More about Republic of Chad: a republic in N central Africa: made a territory of French Equatorial Africa in 1910; became independent in 1960; contains much desert and the Tibesti Mountains, with Lake Chad in the west; produces chiefly cotton and livestock; suffered intermittent civil war from 1963 and prolonged drought. Official languages: Arabic; French. Religion: Muslim majority, also Christian and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Ndjamena. Pop.: 8 854 000 (2004 est.). Area: 1 284 000 sq. km (495 750 sq. miles) French name: Tchad |
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