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Aliases: Republic of Chad, Republique du Tchad/Jumhuriyat Tshad, Tchad/Tshad

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Geography
Area 1,284,000 km²
Continent Africa
Land area 1,259,200 km²
Water area 24,800 km²
Land boundaries 6,406 km
Border countries
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Libya
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Sudan
Coastline 0 km
Mean elevation 543 m
Lowest point 160 m
Highest point 3,445 m
People
Population 16,877,357
Official languages
  • Arabic
  • French
Religion Muslim
Government
Long country name Republic of Chad
Short country name Chad
Long local name Republique du Tchad/Jumhuriyat Tshad
Short local name Tchad/Tshad
Former name Add
Government type Presidential republic
Capital N'Djamena
Economy
GDP (PPP) 28,620,000,000 USD
GDP (OER) 9,872,000,000 USD
GDP (real growth rate) -3.1 %
GDP - per capita (PPP) 2,300 USD
Gross national saving 15.5 % of GDP
Labor force 5,654,000
Unemployment rate Add
Population below poverty line 46.7 %
Budget revenues 1,337,000,000 USD
Budget expenditures 1,481,000,000 USD
Military expenditures 2.13 % of GDP
Taxes and other revenues 13.5 % of GDP
Budget surplus or deficit -1.5 % of GDP
Public debt 52.5 % of GDP
Inflation rate -0.9 %
Central bank discount rate 4.25 %
Commercial bank prime lending rate 15.5 %
Stock of narrow money 1,397,000,000 USD
Stock of broad money 1,397,000,000 USD
Stock of domestic credit 2,681,000,000 USD
Market value of publicly traded shares Add
Current account balance -558,000,000 USD
Exports 2,464,000,000 USD
Imports 2,160,000,000 USD
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 22,900,000 USD
External debt 1,724,000,000 USD
National currency Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs
National currency (code) XAF
National currency (symbol) FCFA
National currency rate to USD 605.3

Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare, as well as invasions by Libya, before peace was restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which has sporadically flared up despite several peace agreements between the government and insurgents. In June 2005, President Idriss DEBY held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits and won another controversial election in 2006. Sporadic rebel campaigns continued throughout 2006 and 2007. The capital experienced a significant insurrection in early 2008, but has had no significant rebel threats since then, in part due to Chad's 2010 rapprochement with Sudan, which previously used Chadian rebels as proxies. In late 2015, the government imposed a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region following multiple attacks by the terrorist group Boko Haram throughout the year; Boko Haram also launched several bombings in N'Djamena in mid-2015. DEBY in 2016 was reelected to his fifth term in an election that was peaceful but flawed. In December 2015, Chad completed a two-year rotation on the UN Security Council. In January 2017, DEBY completed a one-year term as Chairperson of the African Union Assembly.

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