Fort-Lamy
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Fort-Lamy was the former colonial name of Chad’s capital city, now known as N'Djamena, established by the French along the Chari River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort-Lamy canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial city
ⓘ
former name of a city ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| colonialPower | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialStatus | capital of French Chad ⓘ |
| country | Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateFounded |
1900
ⓘ
29 May 1900 ⓘ |
| dateRenamed |
1973
ⓘ
6 November 1973 ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
French Third Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | N'Djamena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
military post
ⓘ
trading post ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Émile Gentil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingEvent | French military expedition on the Chari River ⓘ |
| function |
commercial hub
ⓘ
military garrison ⓘ river port ⓘ |
| geographicCoordinates | approximately 12.1°N 15.0°E ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | French colonial era in Chad ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
administrative center of French Equatorial Africa region
ⓘ
administrative center of the territory of Chad ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Chad basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahel region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+1 ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Logone River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Chari River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOpposite | Kousséri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Amédée-François Lamy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | French colonial authorities ⓘ |
| partOf | French Equatorial Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentDayName | N'Djamena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForName | commemoration of Amédée-François Lamy ⓘ |
| reasonForRenaming | Africanization of place names ⓘ |
| renamedBy | President François Tombalbaye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamedTo | N'Djamena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | French military operations in central Africa ⓘ |
| successor | N'Djamena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportRole | junction of river and overland routes in central Africa ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
French ⓘ local Chadian languages ⓘ |
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