Summary
- Politics
- Name: Chad
- Capital: N'Djamena
- 2 Letter Code: TD
- 3 Letter Code: TCD
- Land
- Contenent: Africa
- Region: Middle Africa
- Total Land: 1,284,000 (496,000)
- Land: 1,259,200 (486,200)
- Water: 24,800 (9,600)
- People
- Population: 9,944,201
- Birth Rate: 45.73 per 1,000
- Death Rate: 16.38 per 1,000
- Infant Mortality: 93.82 per 1,000
- Literacy: 38.00%
- Economy
- Agriculture: 33.5%%
- Industry: 25.9%%
- Service: 40.6%%
Map
Chad is officially the Republic of Chad. It is a country in North-Central Africa.
History
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Modern Times
The population of Chad consists of 12 million people.
The majority of people are Muslims (52.1%) religious and the others are Protestants (23.9%), Roman Catholics (20%), Animist (0.3%), other Christian (0.2%), none (2.8%) and unspecified as 0.7%.
The ethnic groups of Chad are Sara (30.5%), Bornu (9.8%), Arab (9.7%), Maba (7%), Gorane (5.8%), Musseye (4.9%), Medogo (3.7%), Lele (3.5%), and other groups.
French and Arabic have the most speakers in Chad as two official languages. Also, Chad has more than 120 different languages and dialects.
Genetics
This section is under development.
mtDNA
Sources and Resources
Background
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Journal Articles
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