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.

Emi Koussi → highestPointOf → Chad ⓘ

northern white rhinoceros → historicalRange → Chad ⓘ

Francophone Africa → includesCountry → Chad ⓘ

AEF → includesPresentCountry → Chad ⓘ

AEF → includesTerritory → Chad ⓘ

French Equatorial Africa → includesTerritory → Chad ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Chad

Tebu → inhabits → Chad ⓘ

Central African CFA franc → legalTenderIn → Chad ⓘ

XAF → legalTenderIn → Chad ⓘ

Emi Koussi → locatedIn → Chad ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Chad

Sahara Desert → locatedIn → Chad ⓘ

Sahel → locatedIn → Chad ⓘ

Bornu Empire → locatedInPresentDay → Chad ⓘ

Boko Haram insurgency → location → Chad ⓘ

Chadian–Libyan conflict → location → Chad ⓘ

Operation Barkhane → location → Chad ⓘ

Chadian–Libyan conflict → mainBelligerent → Chad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Chad

Second Congo War → mainBelligerent → Chad ⓘ

Kanuri → majorCountry → Chad ⓘ

CEN-SAD → memberState → Chad ⓘ

ECCAS → memberState → Chad ⓘ

Economic Community of Central African States → memberState → Chad ⓘ

French Community → memberState → Chad ⓘ

Tebu → minorityStatusIn → Chad ⓘ

Maiduguri → nearbyBorder → Chad ⓘ

Arabic → officialLanguageOf → Chad ⓘ

French → officialLanguageOf → Chad ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Chad ⓘ

Chadians → populationMajorityIn → Chad ⓘ

Fulani → presentInCountry → Chad ⓘ

Toubou → primaryCountry → Chad ⓘ

Daza → primaryCountryOfResidence → Chad ⓘ

Phacochoerus africanus → rangeCountry → Chad ⓘ

Darfur conflict → refugeesTo → Chad ⓘ

Blue Men of the Sahara → region → Chad ⓘ

Dawanau grain market → regionServed → Chad ⓘ

Nigeria → sharesBorderWith → Chad ⓘ

Adamawa–Ubangi languages → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ

Central Banda languages → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ

Central Sudanic languages → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ

Eastern Sudanic languages → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ

Fula language → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ

Fulfulde → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ

Hausa → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ

Maban languages → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ

Niger–Congo languages → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ

Nilo-Saharan languages → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ

Nilo-Saharian phylum → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ

subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum