Wadai region

Wadai وداي
Basic data
Country	Chad
Capital	Abéché
surface	76,240 km²
Residents	731,679 (calculation 2009)
density	9.6 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	TD-OD

Coordinates: 13 ° 45 '  N , 21 ° 9'  E

Wadai ( Arabic وداي, French Ouaddaï ) is a region of Chad and corresponds to the former prefecture of the same name. Their capital is Abéché . The region has about 772,000 inhabitants.

geography

Wadai covers an area of ​​76,240 km² and is located in the east of the country, on the border with the Darfur region in Sudan . The region is mainly located in the Sahel zone .

Breakdown

Wadai is divided into three departments ( départements ):

department	main place	Sub-prefectures
Abdi	Abdi	Abdi, Abkar Djombo, Biyeré
Assoungha	Adré	Adré, Hadjer Hadid, Mabrone, Borota, Molou, Tourane
Ouara	Abéché	Abéché, Abougoudam, Chokoyan, Bourtaïl, Amleyouna

The departments of Sila and Djourf Al Ahmar were spun off in 2008 and became the new Sila region .

population

Most important population groups in Wadai are Maba (also known as Wadai), Zaghawa and Chadian Arabs.

Since the outbreak of the Darfur conflict , hundreds of thousands of Zaghawa, Fur and Masalit have fled Sudan to refugee camps in this region.

history

Please refer

• Empire Wadai (historical empire of the Maba in the area)
• Colonization of the Wadai , for French occupation around 1910
• Ouara (now the abandoned capital of the Wadai Empire).

economy

The population in Wadai lives mainly from subsistence farming and animal husbandry. Fluctuating rainfall is a problem for agriculture.

swell

1. ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de (2007)
2. ↑ IRINNews.org: Governor (of Ouaddai) urges UN to help local Chadians as well as Darfur refugees (Engl.)