Bébalem is a

sub-prefecture A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province. Albania There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is divided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefectures. ...

Logone Occidental Region Logone Occidental is one of the 23 regions of Chad, which is located in the southwest of the country. Its capital is Moundou. It is coterminous with the former Logone Occidental Prefecture. Geography The region borders Tandjilé Region to t ...

Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

. On 16 April 1952, it was the site of the

Bébalem massacre The Bébalem massacre () was a massacre of Sara farmers in the southern French Chad town of Bébalem. It was carried out on 16 April 1952 by Senegalese Tirailleurs on the orders of the French colonial authorities after the farmers had started p ...

by French colonial authorities.

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Populated places in Chad {{Chad-geo-stub