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Chad

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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, and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 20 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city of N'Djamena. With a total area of around 1,300,000 km2 (500,000 sq mi), Chad is the fifth-largest country in Africa and the twentieth largest nation by area.

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People are called
Chadian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+235
Capital
N'Djamena
Population
19,319,064
Area
1,284,000 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Central African CFA franc
Languages
French, Arabic, Sara
Sells
crude petroleum, gold, oil seeds, gum resins
Sells to
UAE 26%, China 19%, Germany 17%
Land borders
5: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Libya, Niger ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+235
Founded
1960
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Chadian

These are English demonyms for people from Chad. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Chad yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Frenchofficial
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Arabicofficial
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Largest cities

N'Djamena  capital 1,359,526
Moundou 196,124
Abéché 139,983
Sarh 138,928
Kelo 82,677

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Climate and geography

tropical in south, desert in north

Climate zone

Highest point

Landlocked. Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Idriss Deby
Idriss Deby President, 1990-2021 Idriss Déby Itno was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the sixth president of Chad from 1991 until his death in 2021 during the Northern Chad offensive.
Hissene Habre
Hissene Habre Dictator convicted of crimes against humanity Hissène Habré, also spelled Hissen Habré, was a Chadian politician and convicted war criminal who served as the fifth president of Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: leaders, past leaders.