Ouaddaï Region

Coordinates: 13°49′48″N 20°49′58″E / 13.83°N 20.8328°E / 13.83; 20.8328

Ouaddaï
وداي
Region

Map of Chad showing Ouaddaï.
Country Chad
Departments 3
Sub-prefectures 16
Regional capital Abéché
Government
 • Governor Général Bichara Issa Djadallah (2012)
Population (2009)[1]
 • Total 721,166

Ouaddaï (Arabic: وداي‎) is one of the 23 regions of Chad and its capital is Abéché. It was created in 2002 from the former Ouaddaï Prefecture. Its main ethnic groups are the Arab people and the Maba. The economy is based on subsistence agriculture.

In 2008, a portion of the Ouaddaï region (the Sila Department and Djourf Al Ahmar Department) was split off to become the new Sila Region (also known as Dar Sila).

Demography

The region's population was 721,166 inhabitants in 2009.[1]

The main ethnolinguistic groups are the Maba and the Arabs.

Subdivisions

Since 2008, the region of Ouaddaï is divided in three departments:

DepartmentCapitalSub-prefectures
AbdiAbdiAbdi, Abkar Djombo, Biyeré
AssounghaAdréAdré, Hadjer Hadid, Mabrone, Borota, Molou, Tourane
OuaraAbéchéAbéché, Abougoudam, Chokoyan, Bourtaïl, Amleyouna, Gurry, Marfa

See also

References

  1. 1 2 DEUXIEME RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION ET DE L’HABITAT: RESULTATS GLOBAUX DEFINITIFS (PDF) (Report). INSEED. March 2012. p. 24. Retrieved 10 March 2017.


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