The

departments of Chad The regions of Chad are divided into 61 departments. The departments are listed below, by name and by region. Departments sorted by name Departments grouped by region The following is a list of departments grouped by region. Shown next to ...

are divided into 348 sub-prefectures (''sous-préfectures'').

List of sub-prefectures by department and by region

* The following is a list of departments grouped by

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. Shown next to each department is its population as of 2009, the name of its capital or main town (''

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'' in French), and a list of sub-prefectures (''

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s'').

Bahr El Gazel

Created in 2008 from the Kanem region's former Barh El Gazel department.

Batha

Borkou

Created in 2008 from the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region's former Borkou department.

Chari-Baguirmi

Ennedi The Ennedi Plateau is located in the northeast of Chad, in the regions of Ennedi-Ouest and Ennedi-Est. It is considered a part of the group of mountains known as the Ennedi Massif found in Chad, which is one of the nine countries that make up t ...

Created in 2008 from the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region's former Ennedi Est and Ennedi Ouest departments.

Guéra

Hadjer-Lamis

Kanem

Lac Lac is the resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated is '' Kerria lacca''. Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to be infe ...

Logone Occidental

Logone Oriental

Mandoul

Mayo-Kebbi Est

Mayo-Kebbi Ouest

Moyen-Chari

Ouaddaï

Salamat

Sila

Created in 2008 from the Ouaddaï region's former Sila and

Djourf Al Ahmar Djourf Al Ahmar or Djourouf Al Ahmar ( ar, مقاطعة جرف الأحمر) is one of two departments in Sila, a region of Chad. Its capital is Am Dam. Djourf Al Ahmar was formerly one of four departments in the Ouaddaï region Ouaddaï ...

departments.

Tandjilé

Tibesti The Tibesti Mountains are a mountain range in the central Sahara, primarily located in the extreme north of Chad, with a small portion located in southern Libya. The highest peak in the range, Emi Koussi, lies to the south at a height of and is ...

Created in 2008 from the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region's former

Tibesti The Tibesti Mountains are a mountain range in the central Sahara, primarily located in the extreme north of Chad, with a small portion located in southern Libya. The highest peak in the range, Emi Koussi, lies to the south at a height of and is ...

department.

Wadi Fira

N'Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital and largest city of Chad. It is also a special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements''. The city serves as the centre of economic activity in Chad. Meat, fish and cotton processing are the ...
(capital)

N'Djamena, the

capital city A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the go ...

of Chad, is also a special statute region. It has no departments, but is divided into 10 '' arrondissements''.

References

Subdivisions of Chad Chad 3 Chad geography-related lists {{Chad-geo-stub

List of sub-prefectures by department and by region

Ennedi The Ennedi Plateau is located in the northeast of Chad, in the regions of Ennedi-Ouest and Ennedi-Est. It is considered a part of the group of mountains known as the Ennedi Massif found in Chad, which is one of the nine countries that make up t ...

Lac Lac is the resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated is '' Kerria lacca''. Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to be infe ...

Tibesti The Tibesti Mountains are a mountain range in the central Sahara, primarily located in the extreme north of Chad, with a small portion located in southern Libya. The highest peak in the range, Emi Koussi, lies to the south at a height of and is ...

N'Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital and largest city of Chad. It is also a special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements''. The city serves as the centre of economic activity in Chad. Meat, fish and cotton processing are the ... (capital)

See also

References

N'Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital and largest city of Chad. It is also a special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements''. The city serves as the centre of economic activity in Chad. Meat, fish and cotton processing are the ...
(capital)