Part of | Central Africa ![]() |
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Year dem found am | 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.[1] 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.[2][3]