N’Djamena
Chad’s capital city means “place of rest”. In fact, the area called N’Djamena used to be called Fort Lamy, founded by the French 120 years ago.
Fort Lamy was a trading city and administrative town for the French colonizers. But in 1973, the city’s name was changed into N’Djamena, with then-president Francois Tombalbaye borrowing the name from a small nearby village.
