Chad

Chad

Chad ranks 148th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Niger, Martinique, and Benin. Memorable people born in present day Chad include Idriss Déby, Hissène Habré, and François Tombalbaye. Memorable people who died in Chad include Idriss Déby, François Tombalbaye, and Lol Mahamat Choua. Chad has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians.

Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city of N'Djamena. With a total area of around 1,300,000 km2 (500,000 sq mi), Chad is the fifth-largest country in Africa and the twentieth largest nation by area in the world. Read more on Wikipedia