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| Map of Chad |
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Type of government |
Presidential republic |
Member of the International Service of the French-speaking world |
Official language : 
French - Arab |
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Agricultural workforce (2004) |
71,37 % |
 Part of the agricultural GDP in the GDP total (2004) |
52,1 % |
Production of cereals in thousand tons (2004)
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1 213 |
Production of meat in thousand tons (2004) |
125 |
 Arable lands (% appeared area) |
2,8 % |
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Expenses of health per head (2004) |
19 $ |
Number of doctors for 1000 inhabitants (1993) |
0,04 |
Deceases owed to the AIDS (estimate 2007) |
14 000 |
 Proportion
population 15/49 years infected by the virus of the AIDS (2005) |
3,5 % |
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Population having access to electricity (2000) |
3 % |
Number of lines of fixed telephones for 1000 inhabitants (2006)
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1 |
Number of mobile phones for 1000 inhabitants (2006)
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47 |
 Users of Internet for 1000 inhabitants
(2006) |
67 |
Number of television sets for 1000 inhabitants (2002) |
2 |
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| Main cities |
| N'Djamena |
720 000 inhabitants (2005) |
| Moundou |
98 000 inhabitants (1993) |
| Abeche |
56 000 inhabitants (1993) |
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| Idriss Déby, president of Chad since December 1st, 1990 (elected in 1996 and reelected in 2001). |
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| History of Chad |
| 1891 |
At the beginning of French colonization |
| 1960 |
Independence of Chad |
| 1965 |
to 1994, civil war |
| 2001 |
Discovery of Toumaï, old hominidé of seven million years |
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Capital |
N'Djamena - 720 000 inhabitants (2005) |
Area |
1 284 000 km2 |
 Altitude |
160 à 3 415 meters |
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 Population
(2008) |
9 885 661 |
 Population
(1950) |
2 600 000 |
 Population of less than 15 years (2008) |
47,0 % |
Population of more than 64 years (2008) |
2,9 % |
Life expectancy in birth (2008) |
47,43 years |
Density of population (2008) |
7,8 h./km2 |
Urban population (2005) |
25,3 % |
Median age (2008) |
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16,4 years |
Rate of fecundity (2008) |
5,43 |
Birthrate (2008) |
41,61 ‰ |
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Birthrate (1970) |
46,0 ‰ |
Mortality rate (2008) |
16,39 ‰ |
 Rate of natural increase (2008) |
2,52 % |
Infantile mortality rate (2008) |
100,36 ‰ |
Mortality rate of least than 5 years (2003)
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200 |
Rate of migration (2008) |
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- 3,27 ‰ |
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PIB en millions de dollars US courants (2006) |
6 541 |
GDP per head in dollars US stocks PPA (2007) |
1 600 $ |
Growth rate (2006) |
1,3 % |
Growth rate industrial production (2007) |
- 0,5 % |
Part in the worldwide importation (2006) |
0,01 % |
Part in worldwide export (2006) |
0,03 % |
Military expenditures in % GDP (2006) |
4,2 % |
Expenses of education in % GDP (1991) |
1,6 % |
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Percentage of undernourished population (2004) |
35 % |
Indication of Human Development - IDH (2005) |
0,388 |
Guy of literacy tuition population 15 ans and + (2003) |
47,5 % |
% from the population supplied with drinking water (2002) |
34 % |
Indication of civil liberty (2005) |
5 |
Indication of freedom of the press (2006) |
35,5 |
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Currency |
Franc CFA-BEAC |
XAF |
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Internet Domain |
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Telephone indicative |
+235 |
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Number of French recorded in Chad (2007) |
1 151 |
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