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Full name: The Republic of Chad
Population: 11.5 million (UN, 2011)
Capital: N'Djamena (993,492)
Largest Cities N'Djaména, Moundou, Sarh
Area: 1.28 million sq km (495,800 sq miles)
Major languages: French, Arabic
Type of Government: Republic
National Day: 11 August, Independence Day
Major religions: Islam, Christianity, Muslim
Life expectancy: 49 years (men), 52 years (women) (UN)
Main exports: Cotton, oil, livestock, textiles
Sahara Desert
Hot and Dry
Drought
Improved conditions in South and Southwest
1913 - French conquest of Chad completed; Chad becomes a colony within French Equatorial Africa.
1946 - Chad becomes a French overseas territory with its own territorial parliament and representation in the French National Assembly.
1960 - Chad becomes independent with a southern Christian, Francois - later Ngarta - Tombalbaye, as president.
1963 - The banning of political parties triggers violent opposition in the Muslim north, led by the Chadian National Liberation Front, or Frolinat.
1966 - Northern revolt develops into a fully-fledged guerrilla war.
1973 - French troops help put down the northern revolt, but Frolinat continues guerrilla operations throughout the 1970s and 1980s with the help of weapons supplied by Libya.
1975 - Tombalbaye deposed and killed in coup led by another southern Christian, Felix Malloum.
1980 - Libya sends in troops to support Oueddei in his fight against the Army of the North, led by a former prime minister, Hissene Habre.
1982 - Habre seizes power. He is later accused of mass political killings during his rule.
1987 - The combined troops of Frolinat and the Chadian Government, with French and US assistance, force Libya out of the entire northern region apart from the Aouzou strip and parts of Tibesti.
1993 - National democracy conference sets up a transitional government with Deby as interim president and calls for free elections within a year.
1996 - Deby wins Chad's first multi-party presidential election.
References
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/td.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13164688
http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/6.2/profiles/profilechad.htm
http://us-africa.tripod.com/chad.html
http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/chad-gains-independence-france
Chad Today
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Improved Economy
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