Zouar
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| Coordinates | 20 ° 27 ' N , 16 ° 32' E | ||
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| Country | Chad | ||
| Tibesti | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | TD-TI | ||
Zouar is a small town in northwest Chad in the Tibesti region created in 2008 . Zouar is the capital of the Tibesti Ouest department . The settlement lies in an oasis in the Tibesti Mountains and is the seat of Derde, the religious and political head of the Teda , who make up the majority of the inhabitants of the Tibesti. Zouar was temporarily contested in the Libyan-Chadian border war .
Zouar can be reached via the Zouar airfield , among other places .
See also
literature
- Christoph Staewen: Eine Fahrt ins Tibesti , Verlag G. Richter, 1st edition 2005, ISBN 3-00-015063-3 (travel report from spring 1964)