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The slave trade between sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East passed through the slave markets of Chad and Western Sudan, slave-trading was a key component of Chad's historic economy, [4] and this brought people of various ethnicities into Chad. [5] The CIA Factbook estimates the largest ethnic groups as of the 2014-2015 census as: [6]
Ethnic groups in Chad; Demographics of Chad; References This page was last edited on 19 September 2024, at 23:30 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Nonetheless, ethnic identity was a significant component of life in Chad. The peoples of Chad carry significant ancestry from Eastern, Central, Western, and Northern Africa. [2] Chad's languages fall into ten major groups, each of which belongs to either the Nilo-Saharan, Afro-Asiatic, or Niger–Congo language family.
Chad has several regions: the Sahara desert in the north, an arid zone in the centre known as the Sahel and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the second-largest wetland in Africa. Chad's official languages are Arabic and French. [9] It is home to over 200 different ethnic and ...
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Chad" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Related ethnic groups Bilala people and other Central Sudanic peoples The Sara people , sometimes referred to as the Kaba or Sara-Kaba [ citation needed ] , are a Central Sudanic ethnic group native to southern Chad , the northwestern areas of the Central African Republic , and the southern border of South Sudan . [ 3 ]
The Hadjarai are a group of peoples comprising 6.7% of the population of Chad, [1] or more than 150,000 people. [2] The name is an Arabic exonym, literally meaning "[those] of the stones" (i.e. of the mountains). It is used collectively to describe several distinct ethnic groups living in the hilly Guéra Region. [3]
Ethnic groups in Chad (9 C, 48 P) Expatriates in Chad (7 C, 1 P) I. Immigration to Chad (1 C) Pages in category "Demographics of Chad" This category contains only the ...