Wadi Hawar is a department in the
Ennedi-Est region of the
Republic of 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 t ...
.
History
In an earlier incarnation, Wadi Hawar was a
department
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, ...
of the former
Ennedi Region
Ennedi Region was a former region of Chad. It was created in 2008 from the Ennedi Est Department and Ennedi Ouest Department of the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region. The capital of the Ennedi region was Fada. In 2012 it was split into two n ...
in Chad. It was created by Order
No. 002 / PR / 08 of 19 February 2008. Its chief town was Amdjarass. It was dissolved in 2012 and replaced by the
Ennedi-Est region.
Subdivisions
The department is divided into 6 sub-prefectures:
* Amdjarass
* Bourdani
* Bao
* Bahai
* Kaoura (or Koura)
* Thunders Djouna
Administration
List of administrators :
: ''Prefect of Wadi Hawar'' (since 2008)
* October 9, 2008: Ali Nour Guedemi
* Sougour Mahamat Galama
* November 3, 2009 : Issaka Hassan Jogoi.
[Décret /PR/PM/MISP/2009 du 3 novembre 2009]
References
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Departments of Chad