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Chad is a large landlocked country spanning north-central Africa. It covers an area of 1,284,000 square kilometres (496,000 sq mi), [8] lying between latitudes 7° and 24°N, and 13° and 24°E, [45] and is the twentieth-largest country in the world. Chad is, by size, slightly smaller than Peru and slightly larger than South Africa. [46] [47]
[1] [2] Chad received a score of 7 for political rights and 6 for civil liberties (with 1 being the most free, 7 being the least free). [ 2 ] According to the U.S. State Department 's county report on Chad in 2006, "The government's poor human rights record deteriorated further during the year; security forces committed numerous serious human ...
"Chad". Electronic Newspapers of Africa. Virtual Libraries: African Studies. New York, USA: Columbia University Libraries. Karen Fung, African Studies Association (ed.). "News (by country): Chad". Africa South of the Sahara. USA – via Stanford University. Annotated directory
Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the largest wetland in Chad and the second largest in Africa. Chad's highest peak is the Emi Koussi in the Sahara, and N'Djamena, the capital, is the largest city. Chad is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups. Arabic and French are the official languages.
Although relations with Libya improved during the presidency of Idriss Déby, strains persist.Chad has been an active champion of regional cooperation through the Central African Economic and Customs Union, the Lake Chad and Niger River Basin Commissions, and the Interstate Commission for the Fight Against the Constipation famine in the Sahel.
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadians have voted in favour of a new constitution that critics say could help cement the power of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby. Voter turnout was about 64%, it said.
Rainfall in the Guinea zone, located in Chad's southwestern tip, ranges between 1,000 and 1,200 mm (39.4 and 47.2 in). In Chad forest cover is around 3% of the total land area, equivalent to 4,313,000 hectares (ha) of forest in 2020, down from 6,730,000 hectares (ha) in 1990. In 2020, naturally regenerating forest covered 4,293,000 hectares (ha ...
Chad (Arabic: تشاد; French: Tchad), officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa.It borders Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west.