Chad

E20731

landlocked country sovereign state

Chad is a landlocked country in north-central Africa known for its ethnic and linguistic diversity, vast desert regions, and significant oil reserves.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
French Chad	1
Republic of Chad	1
Territory of Chad	1
northern Chad	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landlocked country ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
AUMemberState	true ⓘ
borderCountry	Cameroon ⓘ Central African Republic ⓘ Libya ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
callingCode	+235 ⓘ
capital	N'Djamena ⓘ
CEMACMember	true ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
currency	Central African CFA franc ⓘ
currencyCode	XAF ⓘ
drivesOn	right ⓘ
ethnicDiversity	high ⓘ
formerColonyOf	France ⓘ
governmentType	presidential republic ⓘ unitary state ⓘ
hasRegion	Sahara Desert ⓘ Sahel ⓘ Sudan savanna ⓘ surface form: Sudanian Savanna
independenceDate	1960-08-11 ⓘ
independenceFrom	France ⓘ
internetTLD	.td ⓘ
ISO2Code	TD ⓘ
ISO3Code	TCD ⓘ
landlocked	true ⓘ
largestCity	N'Djamena ⓘ
legislature	National Assembly of Chad ⓘ
linguisticDiversity	high ⓘ
majorResource	gold ⓘ oil ⓘ uranium ⓘ
majorRiver	Chari River ⓘ Logone River ⓘ
nationalLanguage	Chadian Arabic ⓘ Sara ⓘ
notableLake	Lake Chad ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ French ⓘ
partOf	Sahel ⓘ surface form: Sahel region
religionMajority	Islam ⓘ
religionMinority	Christianity ⓘ
subregion	Central Africa ⓘ
UNMemberState	true ⓘ

Referenced by (113)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Chad basin → LCBCMembers → Chad ⓘ

subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin

Hausa people → alsoFoundInCountry → Chad ⓘ

Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Chad ⓘ

Reagan Doctrine → appliesTo → Chad ⓘ

Atlantic–Congo languages → areSpokenIn → Chad ⓘ

Cameroon → borderCountry → Chad ⓘ

Central African Republic → borderCountry → Chad ⓘ

Libya → borderCountry → Chad ⓘ

Niger → borderCountry → Chad ⓘ

Tibesti Mountains → borderRegionOf → Chad ⓘ

French Ubangi-Shari → borderedBy → Chad ⓘ

Ubangi-Shari territory → borderedBy → Chad ⓘ

subject surface form: Ubangi-Shari

Fezzan → borders → Chad ⓘ

Borno State → bordersCountry → Chad ⓘ

Chadians → citizenshipOf → Chad ⓘ

Chadian–Libyan conflict → conflictBetween → Chad ⓘ

Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Chad ⓘ

West Africa → containsCountry → Chad ⓘ

Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti → country → Chad ⓘ

Central Sahara → country → Chad ⓘ

Chadians → country → Chad ⓘ

Daza → country → Chad ⓘ

Emi Koussi → country → Chad ⓘ

Lake Chad basin → country → Chad ⓘ

subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin

Tebu → country → Chad ⓘ

Teda → country → Chad ⓘ

Tibesti Mountains → country → Chad ⓘ

G5 Sahel → countryMember → Chad ⓘ

Niger River → drainageBasinCountry → Chad ⓘ

Daza → ethnicGroupIn → Chad ⓘ

Teda → ethnicMinorityIn → Chad ⓘ

Flag of French Equatorial Africa → federationOf → Chad ⓘ

Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → focusesOnCountry → Chad ⓘ

French Equatorial Africa → formedFrom → Chad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory of Chad

West Chadic → geographicDistribution → Chad ⓘ

Maliki → geographicalDistribution → Chad ⓘ

Chad Hurley → givenName → Chad ⓘ

Chad Stahelski → givenName → Chad ⓘ

Saint Chad → givenName → Chad ⓘ

North East Nigeria → hasBorderWith → Chad ⓘ

Sudan → hasBorderWith → Chad ⓘ

Francophonie → hasMajorMember → Chad ⓘ

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Chad ⓘ

Islamic Development Bank → hasMember → Chad ⓘ

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Chad ⓘ

Central Africa → hasPart → Chad ⓘ

Chadwick → hasShortForm → Chad ⓘ

Hausa-Fulani → hasSignificantPopulationIn → Chad ⓘ

Central African CFA franc → hasUser → Chad ⓘ

Operation Barkhane → headquarters → Chad ⓘ