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Chad

Syllabification: (Chad)

Pronunciation: /CHad/

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Definition of Chad

a landlocked country in northern central Africa; population 10,329,200 (est. 2009); capital, N’Djamena; official languages, French and Arabic.

Much of the country lies in the Sahel, as well as the Sahara Desert in the north. A French colony from 1913, Chad became autonomous within the French Community in 1958 and fully independent as a republic in 1960. The country has been troubled by rebellions in the north since 1998