Abtouyour ( ar, أبو تويور) is one of four
departments of Chad in
Guéra, a
region
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of
Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
. Its capital is
Bitkine
Bitkine ( ar, نيتكتن) is a small city and sub-prefecture in the center of Chad. The city is the chef-lieu of the Abtouyour department, in Guéra Region Guéra or Guera may refer to:
* Guéra Prefecture, a former first-level administrativ ...
.
Abtouyour Department has a population of 177,850 (2016 survey) and 197 villages.
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History
Founded at 17 Broad Street, Oxford, as the Oxford Co ...
and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016.
Atlas de la vulnérabilité dans le Guera. Première partie: synthèse regional
'. 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d’Appui à l’Amélioration du Système d’Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad).
References
Departments of Chad
Guéra Region
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