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Chad has a population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city of N'Djamena. With a total area of around 1,300,000 km 2 (500,000 sq mi), [8] Chad is the fifth-largest country in Africa and the twentieth largest nation by area in the world.
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]
A tribal delegation in Chad People of Chad. The peoples of Chad carry significant ancestry from Eastern, Central, Western, and Northern Africa. [2] 200 distinct groups. In the north and center: Arabs, Tubu (Daza, Teda), Zaghawa, Kanembu, Wadai, Baguirmi, Hadjarai, Fulani, Kotoko, Hausa, Bulala, and Maba, most of whom are Muslim
Page information; Cite this page; Get shortened URL; Download QR code; Print/export ... This is a list of ethnic groups in Chad. Ethnic groups. Arabs; Baggara ...
The official population count of the various ethnic groups in Africa is highly uncertain due to limited infrastructure to perform censuses, and due to rapid population growth. Some groups have alleged that there is deliberate misreporting in order to give selected ethnicities numerical superiority (as in the case of Nigeria's Hausa, Fulani ...
The Toubou people are also referred to as the Tabu, Tebu, Tebou, Tibu, 'Tibbu, Toda, Todga, Todaga, Tubu, Tuda, Tudaga, or Gorane people. [6] [7] The Daza are sometimes referred to as Gouran (or Gorane, Goran, Gourane), an Arabian exonym. [13] Many of Chad's leaders have been Toubou (Gouran), including presidents Goukouni Oueddei and Hissène ...
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]
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