Dar Tama Department

Dar Tama (Arabic: دار تاما) is one of three departments in Wadi Fira, a region of Chad. Its capital is Gueréda, 165 kilometres (100 mi) northeast of Abéché.[1] The population consists primarily of non-Arab tribes.[1] Dar Tama is the historical home of the Tama, who make up the majority of the population.[1] The Zaghawa make up a significant minority and migrated during the Sahelian drought in the 1980s.[1] Both are non-Arab tribes.[2] Chadian president Idriss Déby is from the Zaghawa tribe.[2]

Sub-prefectures

Loug Chari is divided into four sub-prefectures:[3]

References

  1. Africa Division of Human Rights Watch (January 2007). Leslie Lefkow; Georgette Gagnon; Aisling Reidy; Andrew Mawson (eds.). ""They Came Here to Kill Us": Militia Attacks and Ethnic Targeting of Civilians in Eastern Chad" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. p. 25. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. Human Rights Watch (2007). Early to War: Child Soldiers in the Chad Conflict. Human Rights Watch. p. 25.
  3. "TABLEAU DES CODES DES CIRCONSCRITIONS" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2019.


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