Guéréda ( ar, غيريدا) is a town in the
Wadi Fira Region
Wadi Fira ( ar, وادي فيرا) is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is the town of Biltine. The region corresponds with the former prefecture of Biltine.
Geography
The region borders Borkou Region, Ennedi-Ouest Region and Enned ...
,
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 ...
. It is located at around .
Guéréda was the site of fighting between the
Chadian army
french: Armée nationale tchadienne
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and the Rally of Democratic Forces (RAFD) in early December 2006. On December 1, eleven people were killed and 82 injured in the fighting. Seventeen expatriate humanitarian staff are located in Guéréda near the large
refugee camp
A refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations. Refugee camps usually accommodate displaced people who have fled their home country, but camps are also made for internally displaced peo ...
s at
Mile
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and
Kounoungo, where 30,000
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
ese refugees from the
Darfur conflict
The War in Darfur, also nicknamed the Land Cruiser War, is a major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel groups be ...
are located.
The town is served by
Guéréda Airport
Guéréda Airport is a public use airport located near Guéréda, Wadi Fira, Chad.
See also
*List of airports in Chad
This is a list of airports in Chad, grouped by type and sorted by location.
Chad, officially known as the Republic of Chad ...
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Wadi Fira Region
Populated places in Chad
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