Sahel
Chad
Ennedi-Ouest Region

Ounianga Kébir

Ounianga Kébir is a town in the Sahara Desert in the Ennedi Region of northern . Located within the Ennedi Department, Ounianga also makes up a sub-prefecture.
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  • Type: City with 10,000 residents
  • Description: place in Ennedi, Chad
  • Also known as: “Ounianga Kebir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Yoa.

Lake
Photo: Jacques Taberlet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the most famous, and second largest, of the , a series of in Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region basin of northeastern .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakes of Ounianga.

Photo: Jacques Taberlet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a series of lakes in the Sahara Desert, occupying a basin in the mountains of West and Ennedi East in north-eastern Chad.

Ounianga Kébir

Latitude
19.05601° or 19° 3′ 22″ north
Longitude
20.48822° or 20° 29′ 18″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
386 metres (1,266 feet)
Open location code
7GF23F4Q+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1823299543
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
242179
Wiki­data ID
Q2416510
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Satellite Map

Discover Ounianga Kébir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Ounianga Kébir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أونيانغا كبير”
  • Arabic: “أونيانقا كبير”
  • Catalan: “Ounianga-Kebir”
  • Dutch: “Ounianga Kébir”
  • Dutch: “Ounianga”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اونيانقا كبير”
  • French: “Ounianga Kebir”
  • French: “Ounianga Kébir”
  • Italian: “Ounianga Kebir”
  • Italian: “Ounianga Kébir”
  • Italian: “Ounianga-Kebir”
  • Japanese: “ウニアンガ”
  • Japanese: “オウニアンガ・ケビル”
  • Russian: “Унианга-Кебир”
  • Urdu: “اونیانگا کبیر”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lac You Viewpoint and Kebir Airport.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ounianga Kébir”. Photo: Robertgrafl, Public domain.