The

regions of Chad The Republic of Chad is made up of twenty-three regions. Chad was divided into regions in 2002. It was previously divided into prefectures, and then departments. Current regions This is a list of the regions of Chad since 2012, with population ...

are divided into 61

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. 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

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. Shown next to each department is its population as of 2009, the name of its

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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 Borku (french: Borkou) or Borgu (') is a region of Central Africa, mostly in Northern Chad, forming part of the transitional zone between the arid wastes of the Sahara and the fertile lands of the central Sudan. It is bounded N. by the Tibesti ...

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

Borkou department Borkou ( ar, بوركو) is one of two departments of the Borkou Region in Chad . It was established by Ordinance No. 002/PR/08 of 19 February 2008. Its capital is Faya-Largeau. Bourkou was formerly one of four departments in the Bourkou-Ennedi ...

Chari-Baguirmi

Ennedi-Est

Ennedi-Ouest

Guéra

Hadjer-Lamis

Kanem

Lac

Logone Occidental

Logone Oriental

Mandoul

Mayo-Kebbi Est Mayo-Kebbi Est ( ar, مايو كيبي الشرقية) is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is Bongor. It is composed of the northern areas of the former prefecture of Mayo-Kebbi (sub-prefectures of Bongor, Fianga and Gounou Gaya). ...

Mayo-Kebbi Ouest

Moyen-Chari

Ouaddaï

Salamat

Sila

Created in 2008 from the Ouaddaï region's former Sila and Djourf Al Ahmar 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 an ...

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

Tibesti department Tibesti ( ar, تبستي) was one of four departments within the former Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region of Chad. Its capital was Bardaï. In 2008 the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region was split into three, with Tibesti Department becoming the separ ...

Wadi Fira Wadi Fira ( ar, وادي فيرا) is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is the town of Biltine. The region corresponds with the former prefecture of Biltine. Geography The region borders Borkou Region, Ennedi-Ouest Region and E ...

N'Djamena (capital)

N'Djamena, the

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

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''.

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