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Chad | République du Tchad (French)

Capital: Fort-Lamy

Largest city: Fort-Lamy (1,092,066)

Official language: French

Other languages: Indigenous minority languages

Ethnic groups: 31.6% Sara, 11.3% Mayo, 8.7% Kanem, 8.5% Bornou, 7.6% Daju, 7.2% Kebbi, 7.1% Daza, 6.5% Tandjilé, 2.8% Fitri, 2.3% Batha, 6.4% others

Religions: Catholic Christianity (49.5%), Protestant Christianity (20.3%), African traditional religion (15.8%), Moorish Christianity (9.6%), Others (1.2%), Non-religious (3.6%)

Demonym: Chadian

Government: Republic | Unitary presidential

President: Isidore Déby

Prime Minister: Charles Pahimi Deubet

Legislature: National Assembly

Independence (from France): 11 August 1960

Area: 1,284,020 sq km

Population (2010): 10,329,208

Currency: Central African CFA franc (XAF)

Internet TLD: .td

History of Chad[]

Prehistory[]

Pre-colonial period[]

Kanem Empire (c.700–1893)[]

Kingdom of Baguirmi (1522–1897)[]

Kingdom of Maba (1635–1900)[]

French Chad[]

Colonialism (1900–1940)[]

Decolonization (1940–1960)[]

Independence[]

Tombalbaye era (1960–1975)[]

Military rule (1975–1978)[]

First Chadian Civil War (1979–1982)[]

Habré era (1982–1990)[]

Déby era (since 1990)[]

Second Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)[]