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Chad
Location marker · geographic overview
15° N / 19° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- N'Djamena
- Population
- 20,299,123 2024
- Area
- 1,284,000 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Arabic, French
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Chad
Chad (Arabic: تشاد, French: Tchad) is a landlocked country situated in the centre of Africa. Chad is home to more than 200 different ethnic groups (making it one of the most diverse countries in the world) and there are national parks, desert lakes, sand dunes, canyons and camel caravans that will interest the daring and adventurous.
Landscape & landmarks
Chad is the quintessential destination to experience the Sahara desert: its ecosystem, but also its past and present forms of human habitation. The Ennedi Massif is a picturesque sandstone bulwark in the middle of the Sahara, which was formed by erosion from wind and temperature. The area is also known for its rock paintings.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Meat dishes are very popular in Chad, and foreigners speak highly of the meat. Grilled lamb and camel meat are common and tasty and can be found all over the country. In N’Djamena and southern parts of the country fish is also quite common and very tasty.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-07-18. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Calling code
- +235
- Internet domain
- .td
- Land border codes
- CMR, CAF, LBY, NER, NGA, SDN
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .td. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.