Libya–Chad border region

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border region desert region geographical region

The Libya–Chad border region is a sparsely populated, desert frontier zone that has long been a focal point of territorial disputes, rebel activity, and cross-border military conflict between Libya and Chad.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Chad–Libya border region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region ⓘ
desert region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
adjacentTo Niger–Chad border region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sudan–Chad border region NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderDelimitationBasis colonial-era treaties ⓘ
borderLengthApprox about 1,050 kilometres ⓘ
borderOf Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy arid climate ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
sparse population ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
colonialPowerInvolved France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType interstate war ⓘ
proxy conflict ⓘ
territorial dispute ⓘ
countryBorderBetween Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
disputeFocus Aouzou Strip sovereignty ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Aouzou Strip dispute NERFINISHED ⓘ
Libyan–Chadian conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toyota War NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Aouzou Strip NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tibesti Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSecurityIssue arms trafficking ⓘ
banditry ⓘ
rebel insurgencies ⓘ
internationalRulingOnDispute International Court of Justice 1994 Aouzou Strip judgment NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn North Africa ⓘ
Sahara Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sahel region NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Libya–Chad border NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationDensity very low ⓘ
sovereigntyConfirmedFor Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance access to mineral resources ⓘ
military staging area ⓘ
terrainType desert ⓘ
mountainous area ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorConflict 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ
usedFor cross-border military operations ⓘ
rebel activity ⓘ
smuggling routes ⓘ
wasDisputedBy Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Goukouni Oueddei’s forces → activeIn → Libya–Chad border region ⓘ
Battle of Maaten al-Sarra → militaryTheater → Libya–Chad border region ⓘ
Battle of Ouadi Doum → theater → Libya–Chad border region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chad–Libya border region