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15 00 N, 19 00 E
Regional Information

Central Africa, south of Libya

Capital City

N'Djamena
Regional Relationships

since 2003, Janjawid armed militia and the Sudanese military have driven hundreds of thousands of Darfur residents into Chad; Chad remains an important mediator in the Sudanese civil conflict, reducing tensions with Sudan arising from cross-border banditry; Chadian Aozou rebels reside in southern Libya; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty, which also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries
Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements

Challenges

Inadequate supplies of potable water; improper waste disposal in rural areas contributes to soil and water pollution; desertification

International Agreements

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping
Humanitarian Projects
Native Languages

French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
Climate

Tropical in south, desert in north