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PRESENTATION OFFICIAL NAME : REPUBLIC OF CHAD GEOGRAPHICAL
SITUATION : Chad spreads from the borders of
the rain forest to the Sahara. It is limited to the north by Lybia, to the
east by Sudan, to the south by Central Africa and Cameroon, to the west by
Niger and Nigeria. AREA : 495 701 sq miles CLIMATE : Chad is a hot country with two seasons
whose lengths vary with latitude : CAPITAL : N'DJAMENA POPULATION : 7.7 million inhabitants (1999) MAIN CITIES : Ethnical groups :
Sara, Arabe, Mayo Kebbi, Kanembou, …
HEALTH - EDUCATION : POLITICAL DATA : President of the Republic : Mr. Idriss DEBY
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS : FINANCIAL BACKERS : BAD, BOAD, FMI, WORLD BANK, AFD, …
ECONOMY AND FINANCE : CURRENCY
: Franc CFA (1 € = 655.96 FCFA)
LIVE-STOCK : Breeding, the country's second most important activity, is mainly family-run. One numbers 4 842 000 beef, 5 524 000 sheep and goats, 17 000 hogs. MINING : The Chadian underground contains oil,
iron, gold, tin, tungstene, diamond, bauxite, gypsum, natron and quartz deposits,
among others...
The industrial sector, perturbed by the political events, comprises six dominant large companies, and some ten medium-size companies : COTONTCHAD, BRASSERIE DU LOGONE, SONASUT, STT,...
The ROAD NETWORK : With the exception of one 174 mile long asphalt road (linking N'djaména to Guedenleng in the south and to Dandi in the north), the road network is made up solely of dirt roads. AIR TRANSPORT : Chad has one international airport and four secondary airports. The BANKING SECTOR : Existing establishments : BIAT - BTCD - FINANCIAL BANK TCHAD - BDT - BIAO TCHAD… PRIVATIZATIONS - TELECOMMUNICATIONS - INSURANCE - COMMERCE - TOURISM - HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION - ADDRESS BOOK…
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LANGUAGES - ETHNICAL GROUPS - RELIGIONS : 
PRIMARY SECTOR
AGRICULTURE : Chad's agriculture is
the country's main economic activity, accounting for 30% of the GDP. Cotton
represents the largest export revenue.
