Moundou is the second largest city in Chad and capital of the Logone Occidental Region, on the Mbere River about 475 kilometres south of the capital N'Djamena. Established in 1923 by French administrator Joseph-Francois Reste, it had a population of 137,929 at the 2012 census and serves as an industrial hub with cotton processing, petroleum operations and the Gala Brewery, maker of Chad's most popular beer.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Moundou (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1923-11-08T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 142,462 (2008)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 8.566667, longitude 16.083333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 413 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 142462 (2008)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Moundou - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2427455
8.57437 16.07722 P PPLA TD 08 196124 402 Africa/Ndjamena
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 402 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.75, 16.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.75, 16.25
8.75 16.25 Aw
Wikidata: Moundou
Wikidata Q333074, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Moundou (Wikipedia)
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