Borkou ( ar, بوركو) is one of two
departments of the
Borkou Region
The Borkou region ( ar, بركو) is a region of Chad which was created in 2008 from the Borkou department of the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region. Its capital is Faya-Largeau.
Geography
Borkou is located in the Sahara Desert, and contains ...
in Chad . It was established by Ordinance No. 002/PR/08 of 19 February 2008. Its capital is
Faya-Largeau
Faya-Largeau (also known as Faya, ar, فايا لارجو or ) is the largest city in northern Chad and was the capital of the region of Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti. It is now in the Borkou Region, which was formed in 2008 from the Borkou Departmen ...
.
Bourkou was formerly one of four departments in the
Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region The Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (BET) was until 2008 one of the then 18 regions of Chad, its capital being Faya-Largeau. It comprised the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture. Most of the region was part of the Sahara desert.
In 2008, this region wa ...
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 ...
, in the northern
Sahara
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n territory of
Borkou
Borku (french: Borkou) or Borgu (') is a region of Central Africa, mostly in Northern Chad, forming part of the transitional zone between the arid wastes of the Sahara and the fertile lands of the central Sudan. It is bounded N. by the Tibesti ...
. In 2008 the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region was split into three, and the former Bourkou department became a
separate region under the same name.
Sub-prefectures
The department of Borkou is divided into two
sub-prefectures:
* Faya-Largeau
* Kouba Olanga
References
Departments of Chad
Borkou Region
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