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  Chad Regions
Chad is divided into régions, which are subdivided into départements (departments), which are subdivided into communes, which are subdivided into communautés rurales (rural communities).
Lakes Chad and Fitri grow and shrink according to the amount of rainfall.
The primary subdivisions are régions (regions), which are to be divided into départements (departments), communes, and communautés rurales (rural communities).
www.statoids.com /utd.html   (880 words)

  
  Chad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chad has four climatic zones: it has broad, arid plains in the center, desert in the north, dry mountains in the northwest, and tropical lowlands in the south.
Chad's terrain is dominated by the low-lying Chad Basin (elevation about 250 m / 820 ft), which rises gradually to mountains and plateaus on the north, east, and south.
Chad's primarily agricultural economy is being boosted by major oilfield and pipeline developments that began in 2000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chad   (2053 words)

  
 Chad - SOCIETY
In Chad, INSAH estimated the life expectancy for a female born in the period 1975-80 at 43.4 years; for a male, it was even lower--38.5 years.
Within the region, broad spectrums of rainfall and environment and the diverse life-styles that accompany them have resulted in widely varying population densities, from very low among the nomads in the northern regions to much higher among the agricultural populations in the south.
Moreover, Islam in Chad was not particularly influenced by the the great mystical movements of the Islamic Middle Ages or the fundamentalist upheavals that affected the faith in the Middle East, West Africa, and Sudan.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/chad/SOCIETY.html   (15333 words)

  
 Regions of Chad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The country of Chad is currently divided into 18 regions.
Each region is divided into between 2 and 4 departments, apart from the city of Ndjamena, which is divided into 10 arrondissements.
Regions of: Algeria  • Angola  • Benin  • Botswana  • Burkina Faso  • Burundi  • Cameroon  • Cape Verde  • Central African Republic  •
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Regions_of_Chad   (186 words)

  
 Chad Map: Batha — Tandjile | Chad Google Satellite Maps
Browse the list of administrative regions below and follow the navigation through administrative regions to find populated place you are interested in.
Regions are sorted in alphabetical order from level 1 to level 2 and eventually up to level 3 regions.
If you would like to recommend this Chad map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it.
www.maplandia.com /chad   (567 words)

  
 Conflict In Chad, 1975 To Present: A Central African Tragedy
From Lake Chad on the western-central border of Chad, the land rises gradually in the south and east to plateaus and ridges, and in the north to arid plateaus and extinct volcanoes.
Cotton, the main source of income in Chad, was limited to the southern regions of the country where the climate and nature of the population permitted for its cultivation.
Efforts to unite Chad with the three former colonies of the AEF failed, and on August 11, 1960, independence was granted to Chad.(11) When the French departed Chad in 1960, they left the country full of splits, factions, and divisions, which became the roots of the chaos which has existed since that time.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1984/HDH.htm   (15807 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Chad including economic and travel overviews and directories of ...
Chad is a landlocked country situated in Central Africa and bordered by Libya, Sudan, the Central African Republic, Niger, Cameroon and Nigeria.
Chad is a member of the Central African Economic and Monetary Union (CEMAC), a regional organisation aiming for economic integration.
Chad’s economy has historically been one of the poorest in the world, but recent progress in the oil sector is likely to change this.
www.mbendi.co.za /land/af/ch/p0005.htm   (1648 words)

  
 Chad - Subsistence Farming
But because the populations of the two regions were approximately equal, the lack of a good transport system and marketing mechanisms to allow the rapid transfer of the southern surplus to the northern zones was a constant problem.
Farmers planted the crop in polders around the shores of Lake Chad, and some small planting also was done in the oases and wadis of northern Chad.
The bulk of wheat was traded through traditional channels to those herders in the northern regions of Chad who preferred wheat to millet or sorghum.
countrystudies.us /chad/37.htm   (1276 words)

  
 Chad (03/06)
Lake Chad is the second-largest lake in West Africa and is one of the most important wetlands on the continent.
The northern region of Chad was occupied by the French in 1914.
Chad’s economic performance, at least until the onset of oil exports, continued to depend on fluctuations in rainfall and in prices of its principal export commodities, especially cotton.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/37992.htm   (5165 words)

  
 Friends of the Earth - Campaigns
The Governments of Chad and Cameroon have asked the World Bank for US $115 million loans from IBRD that would cover a 15 percent share in the two joint ventures managing the pipeline construction.
Instead, Chad presents a very unstable situation that is likely to be worsened by the prospects of revenues from oil exploitation.
In October 1997 riots in the region led to the massacre of 80 unarmed civilians by Chadian security forces, which are mainly recruited among the President's ethnic group.
www.foe.org /camps/intl/institutions/chadcameroon.htm   (1660 words)

  
 Chad - Livestock
Considered to have declined in the mid-1970s and again in the early 1980s because of drought and warfare across the sahelian zone, estimated to be growing at a rate of 4 percent annually, reached some 4 million head of cattle, 4.5 million sheep and goats, 500,000 camels, and 420,000 horses and donkeys by the mid-1980s.
Sheep and goats were found in all regions of Chad.
The Livestock and Veterinary Medicine Institute of Chad (Institut d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire du Tchad--IEMVT), which was financed by foreign aid, was capable of producing vaccines for Chad as well as for neighboring countries.
countrystudies.us /chad/38.htm   (719 words)

  
 FRENCH CONGO - LoveToKnow Article on FRENCH CONGO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The eastern frontier, separating the colony from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, is the water-parting between the Nile and the Congo.
In the upper Shari region, and that of the Kotto tributary of the Ubangi, are species of the coffee tree, one species attaining a height of over 60 ft. Its bean resembles that of Abyssinia1t coffee of medium quality.
Among the fruit trees are the mango and the papaw, the orange and the lemon.
www.1911ency.org /F/FR/FRENCH_CONGO.htm   (3987 words)

  
 Chad Economy
In 2003, Chad's real GDP was estimated at approximately $2.65 billion, with a per capita income of about $237.
The effects on foreign investment of years of civil war are still felt today, as investors who left Chad between 1979-82 have only recently begun to regain confidence in the country's future.
Chad also sells smoked and dried fish to its neighbors and exports several million dollars worth of gum arabic to Europe and the United States each year.
www.traveldocs.com /td/economy.htm   (897 words)

  
 Climate and Regions
Its vast size and diversity are reflected in the regional distribution of human and natural resources, in the nature of urban and rural environments and the contrasting lifestyles of a small, but growing elite.
The Khoisan are in the region of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.
In the savannah region, crops are cereals such as sorghum, millet, and eleusine -- and corn and manioc since the introduction form the New World in the fifteenth century.
www.princetonol.com /groups/iad/lessons/middle/regions.htm   (1881 words)

  
 cha001 Famine grips Central and Eastern Chad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Misanet.com / IPS, 1 February - More than a million people in the central and eastern regions of Chad are starving because of a drought, but the government does not have enough food to alleviate their hunger.
In eastern Chad, thousands of women and children have been abandoned by their husbands and fathers, who have left for greener pastures.
Chad is a landlocked Sahelian country, subject to cyclical droughts and the resultant food shortages.
www.afrol.com /News2001/cha001_famine.htm   (1236 words)

  
 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Africa - Chad - Economy
The consortium is continuing to explore other regions in Chad where initial exploration results have been encouraging.
Inflation rose from 3.7% in 2000 to 12.4% in 2001, dropped to 5.2% in 2002, and is estimated to level out at 3% in 2004.
Chad’s economic performance, at least until the onset of oil exports in late 2003, continues to depend on fluctuations in rainfall and in prices of its principal export commodities, especially cotton.
www.geographyiq.com /countries/cd/Chad_economy_summary.htm   (887 words)

  
 Chad, Gum Arabic producer, exporters, powder, crystals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Chad Gums is a company of export of Gum Arabic with dynamism and vision.
We are privileged in Chad Gums, to be able to count on the steady collaboration of a team directed to the market.
Chad Gums is the leading international company specializing in producing and marketing Gum Arabic throughout Europe and United States..
www.geocities.com /gumarabic2002   (241 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Chad: Central African Refugees Information Bulletin no. 1/2006
The Federation/Red Cross of Chad also deployed a team of 50 volunteers who were led by a Federation logistics delegate and his Chad Red Cross counterpart.
The Red Cross of Chad has, since 2002, been working with UNHCR and WFP in responding to the humanitarian needs of thousands of refugees in the south and eastern regions of Chad.
It is anticipated that a further influx may be registered in the coming weeks and the national society's contribution may be required to provide support for relocating the refugees into camps and to assist partner agencies in delivering emergency relief and other services.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-6MHJ72?OpenDocument   (1154 words)

  
  Chad Map - Africa - Sahara Desert
Travel, Safari and Tourist Map of Chad - Africa continent.
road, railroads, international boundary, roads of the country, Mapof the Region, main cities, river ans mountains.
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chad.africa-atlas.com   (978 words)

  
 Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Case Study
Chad's revenues from the pipeline project are intended to reduce poverty and aid the country's poorest citizens.
Chad and Cameroon have to cover 3% of the estimated project cost of that $3.5 billion.
As a result both Chad and Cameroon have had to apply for approximately $115 million ($45 million for Chad and $70 million for Cameroon) from the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
www.columbia.edu /itc/sipa/martin/chad-cam/maj_theme01.html   (2414 words)

  
 Completed Surveys - Chad
SAC and HI/Chad negotiated and signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the government of Chad in February 2000.
Data collection started in the northern and northwestern regions of the country in the beginning of September.
At the request of HCND in Chad, SAC and Cranfield University Mine Action (CMA) began a Survey Utilization Project (SUP) in April of 2001.
www.sac-na.org /surveys_chad.html   (476 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » The Commission allocates €12 million to victims of the Darfur conflict ...
The European Commission has released €12 million in humanitarian aid for the victims of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, to alleviate the consequences of the population movements affecting Chad.
Water and agricultural resources are scarce in these three regions, which are quite unsuited to large population influxes.
The decision is intended to provide for the refugees’ main needs in areas such as health, water and hygiene, food security, protection of the civilian population, education, shelter and basic necessities like cooking equipment, blankets and so forth.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVIU-6CZEQY?OpenDocument   (740 words)

  
 Lake Chad extension   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The capture of part of the waters of the Lake Chad basin by the Niger basin has considerable consequences for the economy of the regions concerned in terms of fishing, agriculture and stock farming.
During the rainy season, the overflow of the rivers Logone and Chari into the river Benoue (affluent of the Niger) is a matter of concern to the countries bordering Lake Chad (Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger).
An international Commission known as CBLT (Commission of the basin of Lake Chad), set up by the countries bordering the lake, with headquarters in N'Djamena, has drawn the attention of the scientific community to this little known problem.
esapub.esrin.esa.it /sp/sp1199/spapp4.htm   (204 words)

  
 Galaxy > Africa > Countries and Regions > Chad > Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Galaxy > Africa > Countries and Regions > Chad > Government
Home → Community → World Communities → Africa → Countries and RegionsChad → Government
This page is part of FOTW Flags Of The World website Chad Republic of Chad, Republique du Tchad, Jumhuriyat Tashad Last modified: 2001-03-16 by zeljko heimer Keywords: chad
www.galaxy.com /directory/41944/Chad.htm   (71 words)

  
 Chad hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Africa, by All-Hotels(tm)
To help you make your hotel reservation we have divided Chad into 1 cities allowing you to easily plan your accommodation for your next vacation.
Simply select the hotel region you prefer and let all-hotels take you on your next city break or vacation to Chad
Situated on the banks of the Chari river, on the western side of the capital.
www.all-hotels.com /africa/chad/home.htm   (417 words)

  
 Faculty
His research focuses on the taphonomy of the hominins and their associated faunal assemblages.
Her current research is focused on social inequality in Maya diet and health through paleopathology and stable isotopic analysis of human skeletons at Tikal, Guatemala.
Her previous research projects examined topics such as the human biological evidence for the collapse of the Pasion region of Guatemala, and childhood feeding patterns in highland Guatemala.
anthropology.tamu.edu /faculty.htm   (2870 words)

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