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Chad

Also Known As Republic of Chad

Middle Africa

Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest at Lake Chad, and Niger to the west. Chad was granted independence from France on 11 August 1960. Its capital is N'Djamena. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Capital

N'Djamena 2

Population

20,031,602 2

2026 estimate.

Population Estimate Year

2026 2

Area (sq km)

1,280,000 2

Independence or Founding Year

1960 2

Chad was granted independence from France on 11 August 1960, with Francois Tombalbaye, an ethnic Sara, as its first president.

Landlocked

Yes 3

Income Group

Low 4

Government Type

Republic 3

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

Chad

Cities

Abéché

Bongor

Doba, Chad

Kelo

Moundou

N'Djamena

Sarh

Connections

Associated With

Source Abeche (Wikipedia)

Source N'Djamena (Wikipedia)

Bordered By Water

Central African Republic

Source CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Central African Republic

Source Lake Chad (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Source N'Djamena (Wikipedia)

Rivers Through Territory

In the Other Atlases

Nationals Include

Mahamat Idriss Deby

Also in Political Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Mahamat Déby (Wikipedia)Lead

Quote, Lead

Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno (born 4 April 1984), also known by the nickname Kaka, is a Chadian politician and military officer who has been the seventh president of Chad since 2024, having previously served in this role in a transitional capacity from 2022 and was also Chad's de facto head of state and president of the Transitional Military Council from 2021 until his appointment as transitional president.

Origin Of

Also in War and Military Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Kaskara (source article)Infobox: origin

Quote, Infobox: origin

Chad, Eritrea, and Sudan

Location Of

Boko Haram Insurgency

Also in War and Military Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Source Boko Haram Insurgency (Wikipedia)Infobox: location

Quote, Infobox: location

Northern Nigeria Northern Cameroon (from 2012) Northern Mali (2012-2013) Southeast Niger (from 2015) Western Chad (from 2015) Northern Benin (from 2022)

Chadian-Libyan War

Also in War and Military Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Source Chadian-Libyan War (Wikipedia)Infobox: location

Quote, Infobox: location

Chad

Also in War and Military Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Source Toyota War (Wikipedia)Infobox: location

Quote, Infobox: location

Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture, Chad

Site Of

Bank of Central African States

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Central African CFA franc

Also in Economics Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Found There

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Lesser Egyptian gerbil

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Lesser Egyptian gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat

Quote, Distribution and habitat

The lesser Egyptian gerbil is native to most of North Africa, its range extending from Morocco and Mauritania to Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula and southern Israel, and southward to northern Mali, northern Niger, northern Chad and Sudan.

Lesser mouse-tailed bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Lesser mouse-tailed bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Chad

Quote, Distribution, Chad

Africa : Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan and Tunisia.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Maize (Zea mays)

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Mantled guereza

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mantled guereza (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives

Quote, Lead, where it lives

including Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Chad

Mauritian tomb bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous mauritianus - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Chad

Quote, Country distribution, Chad

Country distribution Angola · Benin · Botswana · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Kenya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mauritius · Mayotte · Mozambique · Namibia · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Réunion · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · São Tomé and Príncipe · Tanzania · Togo · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Burundi? · Cote d'Ivoire? · Guinea? · Liberia? · Mali? · Mauritania? · Rwanda?

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Naked-rumped tomb bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous nudiventris - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, Chad

Quote, Country distribution, Chad

Country distribution Afghanistan · Algeria · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Burkina Faso · Cape Verde · Chad · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Egypt · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Georgia · Ghana · India · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Jordan · Kenya · Lebanon · Mauritania · Morocco · Myanmar · Nepal · Niger · Nigeria · Oman · Pakistan · Palestine · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Somalia · Sudan · Syria · Tanzania · Togo · Turkey · Turkmenistan · Uganda · United Arab Emirates · Yemen · Libya? · Qatar? · Tunisia?

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Noack's roundleaf bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Hipposideros ruber (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Chad

Quote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Chad

Central African Republic · Chad · Cote d'Ivoire

Old World Climbing Fern

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Pale fox (Wikipedia)Distribution, Chad

Quote, Distribution, Chad

Pale fox is distributed in the semi-arid Sahelian region of Africa bordering the Sahara Desert, from Mauritania and Senegal via Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad to the Red Sea.

Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit bat

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Chad

Quote, Distribution, Chad

It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.

Phragmites australis

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Primelephas (Wikipedia)Lead and species accounts, distribution

Quote, Lead and species accounts, distribution

fossils having been found in Kenya, Ethiopia, Chad, Uganda and Tanzania

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Rüppell's fox (Wikipedia)Distribution, Chad

Quote, Distribution, Chad

The species is also found in Algeria, central Niger, Libya, northern Chad, Egypt, southern Sudan, the arid lowlands of Ethiopia and northern Somalia.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Sahelanthropus tchadensis

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Sahelanthropus (Wikipedia)Lead, discovery

Quote, Lead, discovery

discovered in northern Chad

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Selenetherium (Wikipedia)Lead and species accounts, distribution

Quote, Lead and species accounts, distribution

sediments of Kolle, Chad

Selenetherium kolleensis

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Selenetherium (Wikipedia)Species account, distribution

Quote, Species account, distribution

It was found in the early (Zanclean) Pliocene sediments of Kolle, Chad

Senna alexandrina

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Stegodibelodon (Wikipedia)Lead and species accounts, distribution

Quote, Lead and species accounts, distribution

Djourab region of northern Chad

Stegodibelodon schneideri

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Stegodibelodon (Wikipedia)Species account, distribution

Quote, Species account, distribution

Stegodibelodon schneideri is only known from the Djourab region in northern Chad

Tantalus monkey

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Tantalus monkey (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives

Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives

Its native range includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo and Uganda.

Tarabul's gerbil

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Tarabul's gerbil (Wikipedia)Distribution

Quote, Distribution

Tarabul's gerbil is found from northern Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco east to Tibesti Mountains of Chad in the south and to Cyrenaica in eastern Libya in the north

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Asellia tridens (Mammal Diversity Database)Taxon page, Country distribution, Chad

Quote, Taxon page, Country distribution, Chad

Burkina Faso · Chad · Djibouti

Typical striped grass mouse

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Lemniscomys striatusCountry distribution

Quote, Country distribution

Country distribution Angola · Benin · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ethiopia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Liberia · Malawi · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Sierra Leone · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Togo · Uganda · Zambia

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Also in Nature Atlas: found in this subject.

Chadian Armed Forces

Also in War and Military Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Chadian Armed Forces (Wikipedia)Lead, first sentence

Quote, Lead, first sentence

were the army of the central government of Chad from 1960 to 1979

Chadian National Armed Forces

Also in War and Military Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Chadian National Armed Forces (Wikipedia)Lead

Quote, Lead

was the army of the central government of Chad from January 1983

Hissène Habré

Also in War and Military Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Hissène Habré (Wikipedia)Lead, first sentence

Quote, Lead, first sentence

was a Chadian politician and convicted war criminal

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Sources

1. Member States of the United Nations (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction

Quote, Introduction

The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization.

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2. Chad (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia Foundation

Infobox
Republic of Chad
Infobox, capital
N'Djamena
Infobox: area_km2
1,280,000
Article text
The agency assessed the population as of 2026 at 20,031,602.
History section, independence
Chad was granted independence on 11 August 1960 with the PPT's leader, Francois Tombalbaye, an ethnic Sara, as its first president.
Introduction
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west.

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3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Chad

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)

Geography, Coastline
0 km (landlocked)
Government, Government type
presidential republic

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4. World Bank Open Data: World Bank Open Data, country list with income level

World Bank Open DataCountry record TCD, incomeLevel

Quote, Country record TCD, incomeLevel

"name": "Chad", "region": { "id": "SSF", "iso2code": "ZG", "value": "Sub-Saharan Africa " }, "adminregion": { "id": "SSA", "iso2code": "ZF", "value": "Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)" }, "incomeLevel": { "id": "LIC", "iso2code": "XM", "value": "Low income" }

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Wikidata: Chad

Wikidata Q657, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

Lake Chad (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationBordered By Water: Lake Chad, Lead section

Quote, Bordered By Water: Lake Chad, Lead section

located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon

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N'Djamena (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia Foundation

Associated With: N'Djamena, Infobox, Country
Chad
Has Capital: N'Djamena, Lead section
N'Djamena is the capital and largest city of Chad

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Abeche (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Abéché, Lead section

Quote, Associated With: Abéché, Lead section

is a city in central-eastern Chad and the capital of the Ouaddaï Region

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Wikidata: Bahr Salamat Faunal Reserve

Encompasses: Bahr Salamat Faunal Reserve, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)View the Source

Wikidata: Ouadi Rime-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve

Encompasses: Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)View the Source

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Central African Republic

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Bordered By Water: Central African Republic, Geography, Land boundaries, border countries

Quote, Bordered By Water: Central African Republic, Geography, Land boundaries, border countries

Chad 1556 km

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