Chad

Guide to CHAD

CHAD which official name is Republic of Chad or Chad, is a country from Africa located at the Central Africa, south of Libya. CHAD with 5,968 km sq km, limits with: Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197 km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km; and is divided in 18 regions . CHAD's capital is N'Djamena , but CHAD 's most populated city is moundou with about 135,167 inhabitants.

History of CHAD

CHAD's government is republic; a Republic with a Executive government type, with President Idriss Déby as head of state and Prime Minister Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye as head of government.

Other symbols of CHAD are Chadian motto " Unité, Travail, Progrès (French, Unity, Work, Progress) Chadian anthem "La Tchadienne Chadian flag.Chadian flag is composed by three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; similar to the flag of Romania; also similar to the flags of Andorra and Moldova, both of which have a national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; design was based on the flag of France .

CHAD's history is quite long: Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare as well as invasions by Libya before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution, and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which sporadically flares up despite several peace agreements between the government and the rebels. In 2005 new rebel groups emerged in western Sudan and have made probing attacks into eastern Chad. Power remains in the hands of an ethnic minority. In June 2005, President Idriss DEBY held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits.

CHADs geography

Guide to travel to CHAD

If you are thinking on traveling to CHAD, you will have to take in consideration some points like CHAD's currency, CHAD's weather, CHAD's national holiday and CHAD's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. CHAD`s currency is called franc ( CFAF), which is divided in 100 centimes. For your consideration, franc's exchange rate is about 0 per dolar.416.3810798366.

CHAD's weather is characterized to be tropical in south, desert in north. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to CHAD.

You can also consider to visit CHAD on it's national holiday to get in CHAD's culture. If you do so, CHAD's national holiday is called Independence Day, 11 August.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of CHAD: Emi Koussi 3,415 m. And try also to get to CHAD's lowest point: Djourab Depression 160 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit CHAD's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to CHAD, with more than 52 airports and 0 airlines, you will get to CHAD without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. CHAD has about0 of railways, and also0 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Chadian Culture

CHAD is known by Chadians as Republique du Tchad/Jumhuriyat Tshad or Tchad/Tshad in the shortened way. Chadian, about 9,885,661 people, are composed by different ethnics: Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3% (1993 census). And they also have different languages: French, Arabic.

Another relevant point nowadays it's CHAD's religion. Chadians are divided in Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census).

But if want to know more about CHAD's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Chadian novelists' books like Marie-Christine Koundja (1957– ) .

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