From Wikitravel

Chad (French: Tchad) is a country in Saharan Africa, south of Libya, east of Niger and Cameroon, north of the Central African Republic, and west of Sudan. It shares a short border with Nigeria.

Contents 1 Regions 2 Cities 3 Other destinations 4 Understand 4.1 Climate 4.2 Landscape 5 Get in 5.1 By plane 5.2 By train 5.3 By car 5.4 By bus 5.5 By boat 6 Get around 7 Talk 8 Buy 8.1 Costs 9 Eat 10 Drink 11 Sleep 12 Learn 13 Work 14 Stay safe 15 Stay healthy 16 Respect 17 Contact

Regions

Cities

• N'Djamena

Other destinations

Understand

Part of France's African holdings until 1960, Chad endured three decades of civil warfare as well as invasions by Libya before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution, and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which sporadically flares up despite several peace agreements between the government and the rebels. In 2005 new rebel groups emerged in western Sudan and have made probing attacks into eastern Chad. Power remains in the hands of an ethnic minority. In June 2005, President Idriss Deby held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits.

Climate

Tropical in far south, Sahelian scrubland in central region, desert in north.

Landscape

Broad, arid plains in center, desert in north, mountains in northwest, lowlands in south. Lowest point: Djourab Depression (160 meters). Highest point: Emi Koussi (3,415 meters).

Get in

By plane

Air France has four flights weekly from Paris to N'Djaména.

By train

There are no useable rail links.

By car

Roads are in bad repair. There are several border crossings with Cameroon, though banditry is common in the area. Be very careful, drive defensively, don't stop unless there is a very good reason.

Overland travel is theoretically possible from the Darfur region of Sudan. Watch out for heavily armed militias.

By bus

By boat

Chad is a landlocked country. It would be quite difficult to arrive by boat.

Get around

Talk

The main languages of Chad are French and Arabic. The dialect of Arabic spoken is significantly different from the standard Arabic of North Africa and the Middle East. There are several dozen indigenous languages also spoken.

Buy

Costs

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Learn

Work

Stay safe

Hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues

Stay healthy

Respect

There are 200 distinct ethnic groups. In the north and center: Arabs, Gorane (Toubou, Daza, Kreda), Zaghawa, Kanembou, Ouaddai, Baguirmi, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Hausa, Boulala, and Maba, most of whom are Muslim; in the south: Sara (Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye), Moundang, Moussei, Massa, most of whom are Christian or animist; about 1,000 French citizens live in Chad.

Contact

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