Tibesti region

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Tibesti
تيبستي
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Basic data
Country Chad
Capital Bardaï
Residents 21,970 (calculation 2009)
ISO 3166-2 TD-TI

Coordinates: 21 ° 27 '  N , 16 ° 47'  E

Landscape in the Tibesti Mountains east of Bardaï

Tibesti ( Arabic منطقة تيبستي, DMG Minṭaqa Tibastī ) is a region of Chad . Its capital is Bardaï . The region has about 22,000 inhabitants (2009). It was created on February 19, 2008 by outsourcing from the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region. Alifa Weddeye has been the governor of the Tibesti region since 2013 .

geography

Bardaï is in the north of the country. The climate is dry and hot ( desert climate ). The region is located in the Sahara , about half of which is in the Tibesti Mountains, the highest mountain range in the Sahara.

Another city besides Bardaï is Zouar .

Breakdown

Tibesti is divided into two departments ( départements ):

department main place Sub-prefectures
Tibesti Est Bardaï Bardaï, Zoumri , Aouzou , Yebbibou
Tibesti Ouest Zouar Zouar, Wour , Goubonne

The western department has 6,986 inhabitants, the eastern 14,984 (as of September 2009). The region is further subdivided into 18 cantons , eight municipalities and one communauté rurale .

population

Mainly Tubu (Daza and Teda) and Chadian Arabs live in the region .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordonnance 08-002 2008-02-19 PR - ordonnance portant restructuration de certaines Collectivités Territorial Décentralisées. (No longer available online.) February 19, 2008, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved April 30, 2015 .