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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. |
Names: |
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Tchād (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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Jumhūriyyat Tshād (C,V,O,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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Tchad (C,V,Vietnamese)
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Tchad (Danish)
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Tchad (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Tchad (Swedish)
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Tchad (Walloon)
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Tchad (Breton)
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Tchad (French-P,U,N)
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Tchad (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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Tchad (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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République du Tchad (C,V,French,U,N)
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Tshad (C,V)
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Jumhūrīyah Tshad (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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Chad (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Chad (Tagalog)
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Chad (Nauruan)
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Chad (Indonesian)
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Chad (Javanese)
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Chad (Spanish-P,U,N)
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Chad (Aragonese)
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Chad (Asturian)
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Chad (Scots Gaelic)
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Chad (Welsh)
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Chad (Cornish)
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Chad (Galician)
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Chad (Greenlandic)
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Chad (Scots)
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Chad (Anglo-Saxon)
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Chad (Occitan)
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Chad (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Chad (Pampanga)
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Chad (Swahili (generic))
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Chad (Ido)
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Republic of Chad (C,O,English)
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República del Chad (C,O,Spanish,U)
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Tsjaad (C,O,Dutch)
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Tsjaad (Afrikaans)
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Tschad (C,O,German)
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Tschad (Low German)
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Tschad (Romansh)
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جضَْاد (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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جُْهمورِ ةًَ جضَْاد (C,V,O,Arabic,U)
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Чад (C,O,Tajik)
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Чад (Serbian)
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Чад (Macedonian)
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Чад (Bulgarian)
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Чад (Russian-P,U)
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Чад (Ukrainian)
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Чад (Belarusian)
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Республика Чад (C,O,Russian,U)
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乍得 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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乍得共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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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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CD (C,O,FIPS)
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Chadian (C,O,English,U,A)
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צ'אד (C,U,Hebrew )
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Caad (C,U,Fulah)
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Caadi (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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Čad (C,U,Croatian)
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Čad (Bosnian)
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Čad (Slovak)
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Čad (Slovene)
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Čad (Czech)
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Çad (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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Çad (Kurdish)
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Çad (Albanian)
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Çad (Turkish)
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Cad (C,U,Malay (macrolanguage))
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Ċad (C,U,Maltese)
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Čada (C,U,Latvian)
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Čadas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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Çadi (C,U,Albanian)
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Cadi (C,U,Rundi)
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Cadi (Bambara)
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Cadi (Hausa)
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Ĉado (C,U,Esperanto)
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Chade (C,U,Portuguese)
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Chadi (C,U,Kikuyu)
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Chadi (North Ndebele)
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Chadi (Shona)
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Chadi (Swahili (generic))
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Chad - Tchad (C,U,Galician)
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Ciad (C,U,Romanian)
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Ciad (Italian)
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Ciad (Sicilian)
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Cjad (C,U,Lombard)
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Colonie du Chad (C,U)
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Csád (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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Czad (C,U,Polish)
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i-Chad (C,U,Zulu)
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Jaad (C,U,Somali)
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Kjad (C,U,Faroese)
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Kyad (C,U,Akan)
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Orílẹ́ède ṣààdì (C,U,Yoruba)
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Sát (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Sát (Chad) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Sead (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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Seti (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Tasadi (C,U,Kongo (Congo))
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Tčad (C,U,Northern Sami)
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Tch·ad (C,U,Arpitan)
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Territoire du Tchad (C,U)
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Tiaad (C,U,Estonian)
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Tjadän (C,U,Volapük)
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Tšaad (C,U,Estonian)
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Tsad (C,U,Finnish)
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Tšad (C,U,Finnish)
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Tsádi (C,U,Lingala)
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Tsad nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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Tsady (C,U,Malagasy)
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Tshadi (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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Tsjad (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Tsjad (Icelandic)
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Tsjad (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Tsjad (Norwegian)
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Txad (C,U,Catalan)
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Txad (Basque)
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Tyâde (C,U,Sangho)
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Tzadia (C,U,Latin)
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차드 (C,U,Korean)
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चाड (C,U,Marathi)
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चाड (Hindi)
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चाड (Nepali)
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ຊາດ (C,U,Lao)
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ჩადი (C,U,Georgian)
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چاد (C,U,Uyghur)
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چاد (Kurdish)
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چاد (Persian-Farsi)
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تشاد (C,U,Arabic)
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Չադ (C,U,Armenian)
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சாட் (C,U,Tamil)
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Τσαντ (C,U,Greek)
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ឆាដ (C,U,Khmer)
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ቻድ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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ቻድ (Amharic)
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צ׳אד (C,U,Hebrew )
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สาธารณรัฐชาด (C,U,Thai)
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চাদ (C,U,Bengali)
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چاډ (C,U,Pashto)
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ชาด (C,U,Thai)
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チャド (C,U,Japanese)
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ประเทศชาด (C,U,Thai)
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চ্যাড (C,U,Bengali)
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ཅཻཌ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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चड (C,U,Hindi)
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チャド共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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챠드 (C,U,Korean)
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ချဒ် (C,U,Burmese)
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ಚಾಡ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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చాద్ (C,U,Telugu)
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Республіка Чад (C,U,Ukrainian)
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چاڈ (C,U,Urdu)
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ચાડ (C,U,Gujarati)
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ଚାଦ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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ചാഡ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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Chad (nation) (P) |
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Chad (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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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 |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
N'Djamena .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Chad, Ville de N’Djamena) [7000416] |
historical connection .... |
Bagirmi, Kingdom of .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [6000570] |
historical connection .... |
Kotoko Kingdom .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [8711694] |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1960 |
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