Tibesti ( ar, تبستي) was one of four
departments within the former
Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...
of
Chad. Its capital was
Bardaï.
In 2008 the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region was split into three, with Tibesti Department becoming the separate
Tibesti Region.
The area takes its name form the
Tibesti Mountains
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 i ...
.
From March to December 2006,
demining
Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area. In military operations, the object is to rapidly clear a path through a minefield, and this is often done with devices such as mine plows and blast waves. By cont ...
work was carried out in this area of Chad along with the
Borkou Department.
References
Former departments of Chad
Tibesti Region
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