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  • Title: Chad.
    Author: United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs. Office of Public Communication.
    Journal: Backgr Notes Ser; 1992 May; ():1-5. PubMed ID: 12178042.
    Abstract:
    Chad is a country of 1,284,634 sq. km with 5.5 million inhabitants. Independence was gained on August 11, 1960. The terrain consists of desert, a mountainous North, large arid central plain, and fertile lowlands in the extreme South, with a climate that is generally very hot and dry to the North, and warm and more humid to the South. French, Arabic, and 200 indigenous languages are spoken by 200 distinct ethnic groups who variously are of Muslim, Christian, and traditional faith. Life expectancy is 46 years. The gross domestic product is $1 billion, and per capita income is $200. The country's natural resources include petroleum, natron, and kaolin. The agricultural products cotton, gum arabic, livestock, fish, peanuts, millet, sorghum, rice, sweet potatoes, cassava, and dates, as well as industrial processing and natron mining are areas of economic production. Petroleum, machinery, cement, motor vehicles, and used clothing are imported, and cotton, livestock, and gum arabic are exported. In-depth information is also given on the people and history, government and principal officials, political conditions, the economy, defense, foreign relations, relations with the US, and names of principal US officials in the country.
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