Hadjer-Lamis ( ar, حجر لميس) is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the southwest of the country. Its capital is

Massakory Massakory ( ar, ماساكوري) is the capital of the Chadian region of Hadjer-Lamis and of the department of Dagana. The town was formerly in the prefecture of Fort-Lamy in the department of Bas-Chari. People The territory around Massakor ...

. It corresponds to part of the former

prefecture A prefecture (from the Latin ''Praefectura'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international ...

Chari-Baguirmi Chari-Baguirmi may refer to: * Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture, one of the 14 prefectures of Chad, 1960–1999 * Chari-Baguirmi Region Chari-Baguirmi ( ar, شاري باقرمي) is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is Massenya. It is compose ...

(sub-prefectures of Bokoro and of

) and parts of N'Djamena.

Geography

The region borders Lac Region, Kanem Region and Bahr el Gazel Region to the north,

Batha Region Batha ( ar, البطحة) is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the centre of the country. It is composed of what was formerly Batha Prefecture with some slight boundary adjustments. The capital of the region is Ati. Geography The regio ...

and Guéra Region to the east, Chari-Baguirmi Region and N'Djamena to the south, and

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

to the west. The far north-west of the region borders on

Lake Chad Lake Chad (french: Lac Tchad) is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Central Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries. According to the ''Global Resource Information Database'' of the United Nations Environment Programme, ...

Settlements

is the regional capital; other major settlements include Bokoro, Gama, Karal, Massaguet, Moïto, N'Djamena Fara and

Tourba Tourba is a sub-prefecture of Hadjer-Lamis Region in 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 ...

Demographics

Per the census of 2009, the total population in the region was 562,957, 50.1% females. The average size of households as of 2009 was 5.1: 5.1 in rural households, 4.7 in urban areas. The total number of households was 110,170: it was 93,126 in rural areas and 17,044 in urban areas. The number of nomads in the region was 26,615, 6.9% of the total population. There were 559,339 people residing in private households. There were 239,133 people above 18 years of age: 115,212 male and 123,921 female. The sex ratio was 100.00 for every hundred males. There were 536,342 sedentary staff, 5% of the total population. The main ethnolinguistic groups are (generally kanembou), Buduma,

Dazaga Daza (also known as Dazaga) is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Daza people inhabiting northern Chad. The Daza are also known as the Gouran (Gorane) in Chad. Dazaga is spoken by around 380,000 people, primarily in the Djurab Desert regio ...

Tubou, Kanuri, Malgbe and Mpade.

Administration

The region of Hadjer-Lamis is divided into three

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, namely,

Dababa Dababa ( ar, دبابا) is one of three departments in Hadjer-Lamis, a region of Chad. Its capital is Bokoro Bokoro ( ar, بوكورو) is a town in Chad. The town is served by Bokoro Airport Bokoro Airport is a public use airport locate ...

(capital Bokoro), Dagana (capital

) and

Haraze Al Biar Haraze Al Biar ( ar, حراز البيار) is one of three departments in Hadjer-Lamis, a region of Chad. Its capital is Massaguet. Subdivisions Dagana is divided into four sub-prefectures: * Massaguet * Mani * N'Djamena Fara N'Djamena F ...

(capital Massaguet ).

References

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