Lac Region

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The Lac Region is a sparsely populated, conflict-affected area around Lake Chad in western Chad, known for insecurity linked to insurgent and extremist groups.

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Label Occurrences
Lac Region canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
first-level administrative division of Chad
administrativeCenter Bol NERFINISHED
affectedBy Lake Chad Basin conflict NERFINISHED
borders Lake Chad NERFINISHED
bordersCountry Cameroon NERFINISHED
Niger NERFINISHED
Nigeria NERFINISHED
capital Bol NERFINISHED
conflictType insurgency
country Chad
environmentalIssue desertification risk
lake level fluctuation
governedBy Governor of Lac Region
hasBorderType lake shoreline
land border
hasCity Baga Sola NERFINISHED
Bol NERFINISHED
Liwa NERFINISHED
Ngouri NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity fishing
pastoralism
small-scale agriculture
hasEthnicGroup Arab communities
Kanembu NERFINISHED
Kanuri NERFINISHED
hasHumanitarianIssue food insecurity
internal displacement
protection risks for civilians
hasReliefActor United Nations agencies NERFINISHED
international NGOs
hasSecurityActor Chadian armed forces NERFINISHED
Multinational Joint Task Force NERFINISHED
insecurityLinkedTo Boko Haram NERFINISHED
Islamic State West Africa Province NERFINISHED
languageUsed Arabic
French
local Saharan languages
locatedIn western Chad
namedAfter Lake Chad NERFINISHED
partOf Republic of Chad NERFINISHED
partOfRegion Lake Chad Basin NERFINISHED
populationDensity sparsely populated
riskFactor cross-border armed group incursions
improvised explosive devices
kidnapping and attacks on civilians
securitySituation conflict-affected
timeZone UTC+1

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