Guéra (prefecture)
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| Guéra Prefecture Préfecture du Guéra | |||||||||||
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| Prefecture of Chad | |||||||||||
| 1960–1999 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Mongo | ||||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 12°10′N 18°41′E / 12.167°N 18.683°E | ||||||||||
• 1960 | 60,000 km2 (23,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
• 1993 | 58,950 km2 (22,760 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1960 | 156,002 | ||||||||||
• 1993 | 306,253 | ||||||||||
| • Type | Prefecture | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||
• Established[1] | 13 February 1960 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished[1] | 1 September 1999 | ||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Sub-prefectures (1993)[2]
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Guéra was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Its capital was Mongo. Located in the south of the country, Guéra covered an area of 58,950 square kilometers and had a population of 306,253 in 1993, of which 263,843 were sedentary (rural: 219,884; urban: 43,959) and 42,810 were nomadic. The predominant ethno-linguistic groups were the Hadjerai (66.18%) and the Arabs (21.11%).
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Administrative Divisions of Countries: Regions of Chad". www.statoids.com.
- ^ "Administrative Divisions of Countries: Departments of Chad". www.statoids.com.
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