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Prefectures in Chad : Batha, Biltine, Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Chari-Baguirmi, Guera, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mayo-Kebbi, Moyen-Chari, Ouaddai, Salamat, Tandjile.

Cities in Chad : Abeche, Am Timan, Moundou, Sar

Chad borders Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest and Niger to the west.

National Capital City of Chad: N'Djamena


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Car rental

 Avis
World's second largest general-use car rental business, providing business and leisure customers with a wide range of services.
 Hertz

Hotels in Chad

 Le Meridien Chari
5 minute drive from the airport and centrally located. The hotel is surrounded by a park and overlooks the lovely Chari river. With two restaurants, a bar and a large pool it offers its guests the perfect setting for a privileged stay.

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

 Overland Travel - Adventure Fatasy Tours from Italy
 Truck Africa - camping safari's - last great overlanding challenge
The idea of TA is to provide such a quality overland trips at a realistic price more likely to appeal to the adventurous in spirit.



Travel Guides Chad / Related Books

 Africa on a Shoestring - Lonely Planet - Kevin Anglin
Covering the countries on the African continent, this text is designed for all budgets and provides a comprehensive guide to the region. It includes: cultural, political and historical notes; travel advice; information on border crossings and visas; and advice on health, safety and local transport.
Paperback 1084 pages (March 28, 2004); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 1740594622
 Shadows Across the Sahara: With Camels from Tripoli to Lake Chad 
John Hare
Riding Pasha, his beloved white camel, John Hare set out from the shrinking shores of Lake Chad with 25 camels, 4 Tuaregs, a Chinese professor, a white Kenyan rancher and a young Englishman. His objective: to reach Tripoli, following an ancient camel route, notorious in the days of slavery as a road of extreme hardship and death and last crossed in its entirety by Hanns Vischer in 1906. Today the ancient slaving route is strewn , not, as formerly, with the bones of deal slaves, but with over one thousand carcasses of dead camels. The expedition took three and a half months to cover 1462 miles and along the way met every kind of person: village market stall-holders, incredulous border officials and owners of travelling camel salt caravans. They encountered descendants of people who had met and entertained Hanns Vischer and introduced the Tuaregs to the powers of acupuncture and the ancient art of Tai Chi. However, the true heroes of this journey were John Hare's camels - resolute and uncomplaining in both hot and freezing conditions and sometimes in the face of icy winds. Two of the camels died of exhaustion, but the rest eventually reached journey's end.
Hardcover 288 pages (June 30, 2003); Publisher: Constable and Robinson; Language: English; ISBN: 1841196266
 Lake Chad Versus the Sahara Desert: A Great African Lake in Crisis 
Sir Vivian Fuchs (Foreword), Sylvia K. Sikes
From 1955 to 2002, Dr Sylvia Sikes travelled on and around Lake Chad - that strange, immense lake in the southern Saharan Desert. This book presents an easy-to-read record of her travels, adventures and observations during this time, and illuminates the plight of the indigenous people whose way of life is being affected by climate change and modern development in Africa.
Paperback 388 pages (February 4, 2003); Publisher: Mirage, Newbury; Language: English; ISBN: 0954407903

Transport / How do I travel to Chad

 N'djamena Airport - 4 km from N'djamena City

Internal flights linking N'Djaména with Moundou, Sarh, and Abéché are operated by Air Tchad (tel: 524 564 or 513 490; fax: 523 582) and by Air Affaires Chad.

Coton-Tchad (a cotton company) also operates limited flights for its own business purposes and is often able to provide one or two seats. There is substantial demand for these seats, so expect intense competition if you intend to pursue this option.

 Air Tchad
 Air Afrique,

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights

 Map of Chad [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]


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 Travel Insurance

 Embassy of Chad in US

 N'Djamena - Capital City of Chad

 Lake Chad Basin - Landlocked; Lake Chad is the most significant water body in the Sahel
Mainly in the far west of Chad, bordering on northeastern Nigeria. The Chari River is its largest source of water, providing over 90% of Lake Chad's water. The lake possesses many small islands and mudbanks, and its shorelines are largely comprised of marshes.
 Saharan Region
The Saharan region covers roughly the northern third of the country, including Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture along with the northern parts of Kanem, Batha, and Biltine prefectures
 Sahelian Region
The semiarid sahelian zone, or Sahel, forms a belt about 500 kilometers wide that runs from Lac and Chari -Baguirmi prefectures eastward through Guéra, Ouaddaï, and northern Salamat prefectures to the Sudanese frontier
 Soudanian Region
The humid soudanian zone includes the southern prefectures of Mayo-Kebbi, Tandjilé, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Moyen-Chari, and southern Salamat.

 Batha
 Biltine
 Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti
 Chari-Baguirmi
 Guera
 Kanem
 Lac
 Logone Occidental
 Logone Oriental
 Mayo-Kebbi
 Moyen-Chari
 Ouaddai
 Salamat
 Tandjile

 Telecommunications Internationale du Chad [ French ]

Cuisine - Chad Foods / Recipes

  The Best of African Cooking  
By Manjase Banda (Author), Esanjam (Producer)
Paperback: 144 pages; Publisher: Esanjam; 2 Revised edition (March 14, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0954682130; ISBN-13: 978-0954682132

 African Recipes

History of Chad

Independence: 11 August 1960 (from France) 

Starting in the Middle Ages, Chad became a crossroads between the Muslim traders and the native tribes. In 1891 Chad became a French colony. In WWII, Chad was the first French colony to join the Allies. In 1960, Chad peacefully became an independent country.

 Chad's History - Wikipedia

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 Eastern Region of Chad
Through their long religious and commercial relationships with Sudan and Egypt, many of the peoples in Chad's eastern and central regions have become more or less Arabized, speaking Arabic and engaging in many other Arab cultural practices as well. More than three-quarters of the Chadian population is rural.

Web Portals / Search Engine / Chad Directory

 BBC Country profile Chad 
 Washington Post - Chad 

 Yahoo Chad Directories 


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