Chari-Baguirmi Region - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Chari-Baguirmi is one of the 22 regions

Regions of Chad

||The country of Chad is currently divided into 22 régions. From independence in 1960 until 1999 it was divided into 14 préfectures. These were replaced in 1999 by 28 départements. The country was reorganized again in 2002 to produce 18 régions...

of Chad

Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...

and its capital is Massenya

Massenya

Massenya is a small town in Chad. It is the capital of the region of Chari-Baguirmi and of the department of Baguirmi.Massenya is also the capital of the Kingdom of Baguirmi and the seat of the Mbang, or Sultan.The town is served by Massenya Airport....

. It is composed by part of the former Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture

Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture

This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Chari-Baguirmi was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the west of the country, Chari-Baguirmi covered an area of 82,910 square kilometers and had a population of 720,941 in...

(sub-prefectures

Prefectures of Chad

Chad was divided into 14 prefectures from 1960, the year of independence, to 1999, when the country was divided in 28 departments:A further reorganisation in 2002 divided the country into the current 18 regions.NB : Alphabetic order...

of Massenya

Massenya

and Bousso and part of the sub-prefecture of N'Djamena

N'Djamena

N'Djamena is the capital and largest city of Chad. A port on the Chari River, near the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Kousséri, to which the city is connected by a bridge. It is also a special statute region, divided in 10 arrondissements. It is a...

Subdivisions

The Chari-Baguirmi region is divided in 3 departments

Departments of Chad

The regions of Chad are divided into 53 departments. The departments are listed below, by region:-Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region:*Borkou*Ennedi Est*Ennedi Ouest*Tibesti-Chari-Baguirmi Region:*Baguirmi*Chari*Loug Chari-Logone Occidental Region:*Dodjé...

Department	Capital	Sub-prefectures
Baguirmi	Massenya Massenya Massenya is a small town in Chad. It is the capital of the region of Chari-Baguirmi and of the department of Baguirmi.Massenya is also the capital of the Kingdom of Baguirmi and the seat of the Mbang, or Sultan.The town is served by Massenya Airport....	Dourbali, Maï Aïche, Massenya
Chari Chari Department Chari is one of 3 departments making up the region of Chari-Baguirmi in Chad. Its capital is Mandélia.Subprefectures:MandéliaLa LoumiaKoundoulLinia*Lougoun...	Mandélia Mandelia Mandelia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Mandeliidae. Both this genus, and its family, are named after the former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.-Species:...	Koundoul, Linia, Lougoun, La Loumia, Mandélia
Loug Chari Loug Chari Loug Chari is one of three departments in Chari-Baguirmi, a region of Chad. Its capital is Bousso....	Bousso Bousso Bousso is a city in Chari-Baguirmi Region, Chad. It is located at around . The town is served by Bousso Airport....	Bä Illi, Bogomoro, Bousso, Kouno, Mogo

Demography

The main ethnico-linguistic groups are Arabs (more than 33 %), Fula

Fula people

Fula people or Fulani or Fulbe are an ethnic group spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and Sudanese North Africa...

, Barma

Barma

Barma may refer to:*Panchanan Barma, Indian reformer*Haider Barma, former Hong Kong Secretary for Transport*The autonym of the Baguirmi people of Chad*The nickname of Postnik Yakovlev, Russian architect...

, Kanuri and Ngambay

Sara people

The Sara are an ethnic group in Central Africa, who reside mostly in Chad, making up approximatively 30% of its southern population.-In Chad:...

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