Daguessa

Daguessa
داغسا
Daguessa
Location in Chad (with Sila region highlighted)
Coordinates: 12°00′N 022°27′E / 12.000°N 22.450°E / 12.000; 22.450Coordinates: 12°00′N 022°27′E / 12.000°N 22.450°E / 12.000; 22.450
Country  Chad
Region Sila
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)

Daguessa (Arabic: داغسا‎) is a town in the Sila Region of eastern Chad, on Chad's border with Sudan.

Prior to 2008 it was located in the former Sila Department of the Ouaddaï Region.

The town was involved in the Darfur conflict. On November 29, 2006 villages in the Daguessa area were attacked by armed men on horseback who stole the villagers's cattle.[1]

Transport

The town is served by Daguessa Airport.

References

  1. ↑ "Chad/Darfur Emergency". UNHCR. December 1, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2009.


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