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

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.

Nilo-Saharian → spokenIn → Chad ⓘ
AEF → successor → Chad ⓘ
XAF → usedIn → Chad ⓘ
subject surface form: West Africa Time