Borkou region

Borkou
Basic data
Country	Chad
Capital	Faya-Largeau
Residents	97,251 (calculation 2009)
ISO 3166-2	TD-BO

Coordinates: 18 ° 5 '  N , 19 ° 2'  E

Borkou (also Borku in German-language literature ) is a region of Chad and corresponds to the former prefecture of the same name. Its capital is Faya-Largeau . The region has about 97,000 inhabitants (2009). The region was created on February 19, 2008 by spinning off the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region.

geography

Borkou is in the north of the country. The climate is dry and hot (desert climate). Much of the region is in the Sahara , the northwest in the Tibesti Mountains . The southern part is in the Sahel zone .

Another town besides Faya-Largeau is Kirdimi .

Breakdown

Borkou is divided into two departments ( départements ):

department	main place	Sub-prefectures
Borkou	Faya-Largeau	Faya-Largeau, Kouba Olanga
Borkou Yala	Kirdimi	Kirdimi, Yarda

population

Mostly Teda and Chadian Arabs live in the region .

swell

1. ↑ Ordonnance n ° 002 / PR / 08 portant restructuration de certaines collectivités territoriales décentralisées ( Memento of the original of January 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.