The Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (BET) was until 2008 one of the then 18
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 ...
, its capital being
Faya-Largeau
Faya-Largeau (also known as Faya, ar, فايا لارجو or ) is the largest city in northern Chad and was the capital of the region of Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti. It is now in the Borkou Region, which was formed in 2008 from the Borkou Department ...
. It comprised the former
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture was the largest of the 14 prefectures of Chad between 1960 and 1999. It was transformed into Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region, one of the 18 regions into which the country has been divided since 2002. Its name is of ...
. Most of the region was part of the
Sahara desert.
In 2008, this region was split into three new regions:
Borkou Region,
Ennedi Region, and
Tibesti Region.
Subdivisions
The region of Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti was formerly divided into
4 departments:
Demography
The region had a population of 70,603 inhabitants in 1993, of whom 59,479 are sedentary and 11,124 nomad. In 2009, the BET counted 286,986 inhabitants.
The main ethnico-linguistic groups are the
Daza (55.96%), the
Teda (22.63%), the
Zaghawa (10.17%) and the
Arabs
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, ...
(2.57%).
Natural history
There is a variety of fauna and flora in this region. Previously the
Chadian wild dog (''Lycaon pictus sharicus'') had populations in this region, but they are now regarded as
extirpated
Local extinction, also known as extirpation, refers to a species (or other taxon) of plant or animal that ceases to exist in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere. Local extinctions are contrasted with global extinct ...
from the area,
[C. Michael Hogan. 2009]
''Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
/ref> due to activities of humans as well as desertification, a phenomenon associated with the expanding human population.
References
Regions of Chad
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