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BY Sandra Appiah, 12:00am March 03, 2011,

CHAD

by Sandra Appiah, 12:00am March 03, 2011,

 A landlocked nation in north central Africa, Chad consists of fertile lowlands in the south but is arid in the center and largely desert in the north. Since independence from France in 1960, Chad has suffered instability stemming mostly from tension between the African-Christian south and the Arab-Muslim north and east. A border dispute with Libya over the Aozou Strip went to the United Nation’s International Court of Justice for arbitration; in 1994 the court ruled in favor of Chad. One of Africa’s poorest countries, the start of large-scale oil production in 2004 helps the economy.

CHAD

Fast Facts

Population: 9,657,000
Capital: N’Djamena; 797,000
Area: 1,284,000 square kilometers (495,755 square miles)
Language: French, Arabic, Sara, Sango, more than 120 different languages and dialects
Religion: Muslim, Christian, animist
Currency: CFA franc
Life Expectancy: 49
GDP per Capita: U.S. $1,000
Literacy Percent: 48

ECONOMY

Industry: Oil, cotton textiles, meatpacking, beer brewing, natron (sodium carbonate)
Agriculture: Cotton, sorghum, millet, peanuts; cattle
Exports: Cotton, cattle, gum arabic

CHAD

Source: The National Geographic
CIA- The World Factbook

Last Edited by: Updated: February 25, 2014

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