Chad

Africa
Central Africa, south of Libya.

"Unité, Travail, Progrès" (French) "Unity, Work, Progress"		15.2417899N 20.2148438E
President Idriss Déby	Prime Minister Emmanuel Nadingar

Capital

N'Djamena

Government
Parliamentary republic

Religion
Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1%.

Population
10,543,464

Ethnic group
Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3%.

National Language                   
Arabic
          
National Day
11 August 1960 (from France)

Anthem
"La Tchadienne"

Currency
CFA franc (XAF)

Attractions
Bar Chari,  Lazytom,  The Wadi
 
Website              

Art & Cultural

The ICON

The Chad National Museum The Chad National Museum (Musee National N'Djamena) is the national museum of Chad. It is located in the capital city of N'Djamena at near Avenue Felix Eboue, with a mailing address of BP 638, Fort Archambault. The museum was established on October 6, 1962 in temporary quarters under the name of Chad National Museum, Fort-Lamy, reflecting the earlier, colonial name of Chad's capital. In 1964, it moved to the former town hall, near the Place de l'Independence. At the time of its establishment, it had four rooms:     * Prehistory     * Protohistory     * Archives     * Folk arts, crafts and traditions The prehistory room, at least in 1965, included items related to pebble culture, including material from the Amgamma cliff, Stone Age implements, axes with helve-holes, nether millstones, and quartz and obsidian arrowheads. The museum at one time included a full-sized ochre reproduction of a hunting scene from the first millennium B.C. The collection also included baked bricks, some attributed to Boulala and Babalia people, items discovered at the Bouta-Kabira sanctuary including human masks, bronze objects and bone tools. Many of its artifacts have been lost due to the instability in the country. It has a notable collection of musical instruments.