Logone Oriental region
Logone Oriental | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Chad |
Capital | Doba |
surface | 28,035 km² |
Residents | 779,339 (2009 census) |
density | 28 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | TD-LR |
Coordinates: 8 ° 40 ′ N , 16 ° 57 ′ E
Logone Oriental ( Logone Ost ) is a region of Chad and corresponds to the former prefecture of the same name. Their capital is Doba . The region had 779,339 inhabitants at the 2009 census.
geography
Logone Oriental has an area of 28,035 km², is located in the extreme south of the country and borders Cameroon and the Central African Republic . The region is named after the Logone Oriental river , an alternative name for the Pendé .
Breakdown
Logone Oriental is divided into five departments ( départements ):
department | main place | Sub-prefectures |
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Kouh-Est | Bodo | Bodo, Baké, Dobiti |
Monts de Lam | Baïbokoum | Baïbokoum, Bessao, Mbaïkoro, Mbitoye, Laramanaye |
Nya | Bébédjia | Bébédjia, Mbikou, Béboni, Miandoum |
Nya Pendé | Goré | Békan, Donia, Goré, Yamodo |
Pendé | Doba | Béboto , Doba, Kara, Madana, Komé |
population
The most important ethnic group in Logone Oriental are the Ngambay ( Sara ); Gor , Mboum and Ngoulay also live here .
economy
There are oil deposits in the region which are being exploited by a consortium of Exxon Mobil , Chevron Texaco and Petronas as part of an ecologically and human rights controversial project funded by the World Bank . A pipeline leads from Doba to the Cameroonian port of Kribi .
The population in Logone Oriental meanwhile lives mainly from subsistence farming and cotton cultivation.
swell
- ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de (2007)
- ↑ Chad: Regions, Cities & Urban Places - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved May 8, 2018 .