Wadai region
Wadai وداي |
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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 |
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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.