Salamat is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south-east of the country. The region's capital is

Am Timan Am Timan (Arabic: أم تيمان, ''ʾUmm Tīmān'') is a city in Chad and is the capital of the region of Salamat. Am Timan is also known as Dabengat in Chad, which mean the resources of the products. Most of economy comes from Salamat region s ...

. It corresponds to the former prefecture of the same name.

Geography

Salamat borders

Sila Region Sila or Dar Sila is a region of Chad, located in the south-east of the country. It was created in 2008 from the departments of Sila and Djourf Al Ahmar which were previously part of Ouaddaï Region. The capital of the region is Goz Beïda. ...

to the north, the

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to the south-east, and

Moyen-Chari Region Moyen-Chari ( ar, شاري الأوسط) is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south of the country. Its capital is Sarh. The former prefecture of the same name was larger and included modern Mandoul Region. Geography The region bor ...

and

Guéra Region Guéra or Guera may refer to: * Guéra Prefecture, a former first-level administrative division of Chad until 1999 * Guéra Region, a first-level administrative division of Chad since 2002 * Guéra Department, a second level administrative divis ...

to the west and north-west. The terrain is generally flat savannah. Half of the

Zakouma National Park Zakouma National Park is a national park in southeastern Chad, straddling the border of Guéra Region and Salamat Region. Zakouma is the nation's oldest national park, declared a national park in 1963 by presidential decree, giving it the highes ...

lies in the region.

Settlements

is the region's capital; other major settlements include Abgué,

Abou-Deïa Abou-Deïa or Aboudeïa ( ar, أبو ديا) is a town in the Salamat Region of southern-central Chad. Geographical location The city is located in southeastern Chad, north of the wadi Korom, west of Wadi Avis, 508 meters above sea level. Abou ...

, Am Habilé,

Djouna Djouna is a sub-prefecture of Salamat Region Salamat is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south-east of the country. The region's capital is Am Timan. It corresponds to the former prefecture of the same name. Geography Salam ...

, Haraze, Mangueigne and

Mouraye Mouraye is a sub-prefecture of Salamat Region Salamat is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south-east of the country. The region's capital is Am Timan. It corresponds to the former prefecture of the same name. Geography Sala ...

Demographics

As per the 2009 Chadian census, the population of Salamat is 302,301. The main ethnolinguistic groups are

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

groups such as the

Baggara The Baggāra ( ar, البَقَّارَة "heifer herder") or Chadian Arabs are a nomadic confederation of people of mixed Arab and Arabized indigenous African ancestry, inhabiting a portion of the Sahel mainly between Lake Chad and the Nile ri ...

(generally speakers of

Chadian Arabic Chadian Arabic ( ar, لهجة تشادية), also known as Shuwa Arabic, Baggara Arabic, Western Sudanic Arabic, or West Sudanic Arabic (WSA), is a variety of Arabic and the first language of 1.6 million people, both town dwellers and nomadic c ...

Birgit Birgit is a female given name, a short form of Birgitta and ultimately a Germanic form of the Gaelic name Bridget. Notable people with the name include: * Birgit Brüel, Danish singer and actress * Birgit Collin-Langen, German politician * Bir ...

, Gula groups such as the Gula Iro and Bon Gula, Jonkor Bourmataguil, Kibet,

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and Toram.

Economy

Salamat's economy is based on subsistence agriculture, fishery and

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor pe ...

. Salamat has been described as the " poorest region in the world" by the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster glo ...

, and other sources.region in the world/ "The World’s Poorest Regions Are not Always Where You’d Expect"
Noah Rayman, Time Magazine, Jan. 6, 2015 There is a limited amount of tourism activity related to Zakouma National Park.

Subdivisions

The region of Salamat is divided into three departments:

References

Regions of Chad {{Chad-geo-stub