Mayo-Kebbi Est
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Mayo-Kebbi Est 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 Bongor
Bongor
Bongor is a city in Chad, the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Est. It is located on the eastern bank of the Logone River. During the rainy season , the Logone is navigable between Bongor and N'Djamena, Chad's capital...

. It is composed by part of the former prefecture
Prefecture
A prefecture is an administrative jurisdiction or subdivision in any of various countries and within some international church structures, and in antiquity a Roman district governed by an appointed prefect.-Antiquity:...

 of Mayo-Kebbi
Mayo-Kébbi Prefecture
This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Mayo-Kébbi was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the southwest of the country, Mayo-Kébbi covered an area of 30,105 square kilometers and had a population of 825,158 in 1993....

 (sub-prefectures of Bongor, Fianga and Gounou Gaya).

Subdivisions

The region of Mayo-Kebbi Est is divided in 4 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...

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Department Capital Sub-prefectures
Kabbia
Kabbia
Kabbia is one of four departments in Mandoul, a region of Chad. Its capital is Gounou Gaya....

Gounou Gaya Gounou Gaya, Hollom-Gamés
Mayo Lemie
Mayo Lemie
Mayo Lemie is one of four departments in Mayo-Kebbi Est, a region of Chad. Its capital is Guelendeng....

Guelendeng
Mayo-Boneye
Mayo-Boneye
Mayo-Boneye is one of four departments in Mayo-Kebbi Est, a region of Chad. Its capital is Bongor....

Bongor
Bongor
Bongor is a city in Chad, the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Est. It is located on the eastern bank of the Logone River. During the rainy season , the Logone is navigable between Bongor and N'Djamena, Chad's capital...

Bongor, Kim, Koyom, Rigaza
Mont d'Illi Fianga

Demography

The region's population had 495,339 inhabitants in 1993 (RGPH).

The main ethnico-linguistic group are the Moussey, the Massa, the Tupuri
Tupuri people
The Tupuri are an ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad. They speak a language called Tupuri, which had 125,000 speakers in Cameroon at an unspecified date and 90,785 speakers in Chad in 1993. In Cameroon, the Tupuri live east of Kaélé in the Kaele division and in the Kar-Hay subdivison of the...

, the Marba, the Kera, the Musgum and the Kim (Kim, Éré, Kolobo, Djoumane)
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