Logone Oriental is one of the
23 regions of
Chad, located in the south-west of the country. Its capital is
Doba. It is coterminous with the former
Logone Oriental Prefecture.
Geography
The region borders
Logone Occidental Region
Logone Occidental is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south-west of the country. Its capital is Moundou. It is coterminous with the former Logone Occidental Prefecture.
Geography
The region borders Tandjilé Region to the north, ...
and
Tandjilé Region Tandjilé may refer to:
* Tandjilé Prefecture, one of the 14 Prefectures of Chad, which existed from 1960, the year of independence, to 1999
* Tandjilé Region, one of the regions of Chad, established in 2002
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to the north,
Mandoul Region
Mandoul ( ar, ماندول) is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Located in the south of the country, it comprises part of the former prefecture of Moyen-Chari. The regional capital is Koumra.
Geography
The region borders Tandjilé Region to th ...
to the east, the
Central African Republic
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to the south, and
Cameroon
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to the west.
Settlements
Doba is the regional capital; other major settlements include
Baïbokoum,
Baké,
Béboni,
Béboto
Béboto is a sub-prefecture of Logone Occidental Region in Chad
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,
Békan,
Béssao,
Béti
Béti is a sub-prefecture of Logone Occidental Region
Logone Occidental is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south-west of the country. Its capital is Moundou. It is coterminous with the former Logone Occidental Prefecture.
Ge ...
,
Bodo Bodo may refer to:
Ethnicity
* Boro people, an ethno-linguistic group mainly from Northwest Assam, India
* Bodo-Kachari people, an umbrella group from Nepal, India and Bangladesh that includes the Bodo people
Culture and language
* Boro cu ...
,
Dobiti
Dobiti is a sub-prefecture of Logone Occidental Region in Chad
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,
Donia,
Goré,
Komé
Komé is a sub-prefecture of Logone Occidental Region in Chad
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,
Laramanaye
Laramanaye is a sub-prefecture of Logone Occidental Region in Chad
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,
Madana,
Mbaïkoro
Mbaïkoro is a sub-prefecture of Logone Occidental 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 L ...
,
Mbikou
Mbikou is a sub-prefecture of Logone Occidental 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 Liby ...
,
Mbitoye
Mbitoye is a sub-prefecture of Logone Occidental 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 Lib ...
,
Miandoum,
Yamodo.
Demography
The 2009 Chadian census reported a population for the region of 779,339.
[ In 1993 the population was 440,342.
The main ethnolinguistic groups are Doba peoples (speaking the closely related Bedjond, Mango and Gor languages), Karang, ]Kuo
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, Nzakambay, Pana and Sara
Sara may refer to:
Arts, media and entertainment Film and television
* ''Sara'' (1992 film), 1992 Iranian film by Dariush Merhjui
* ''Sara'' (1997 film), 1997 Polish film starring Bogusław Linda
* ''Sara'' (2010 film), 2010 Sri Lankan Sinhal ...
groups (speaking language/dialects such as Kabba
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...
, Laka and Ngambay).
Economy
Subsistence agriculture, cotton
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, oil
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.
Subdivisions
The region of Logone Oriental is divided in six departments:
References
Regions of Chad
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