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ID: 1000156
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Record Type: administrative |
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Chad (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 15 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 15.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 019 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 19.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The area has been occupied in the north since Neolithic times. It was home to Nilo-Saharan populations from 3000 BCE. Berber migrations occurredin the 8th century CE. Several powerful kingdoms flourished from the 9th-19th centuries. The French arrived in 1891, and the region was made part of French Equatorial Africa in 1910, then later a separate colony. The official languages are French and Arabic, though many African languages are also spoken. |
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| Tchād (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Tchad (C,V,French-P,U,N)
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| République du Tchad (C,V)
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| Tshad (C,V)
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| Jumhūrīyah Tshad (C,V)
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| Chad (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Chad (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Republic of Chad (C,O)
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| Tsjaad (C,O)
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| Tschad (C,O)
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| TCD (C,O,ISO3L)
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| TD (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO148 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| CD00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Chadian (C,O,English,U,A)
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Chad (nation) (P) |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1960 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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first, in French Community 1958 |
| controlled region (H) |
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French, 1891-1960 |
| overseas territory (H) |
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French, 1946-1958 |
| colony (H) |
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French, 1920-1946 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
| ................ |
(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1960 |
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