Sahel
Chad
Kanem Region

Nokou

Nokou is a town and sub-prefecture of Kanem Region in . It is the capital of the department of Nord Kanem. On April 18, 2021, Chadian president Idriss Déby was wounded by gunfire in the nearby town of Mele, as part of the Northern Chad offensive by the Front for Change and Concord in Chad.
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Nokou

Latitude
14.58266° or 14° 34′ 58″ north
Longitude
14.78086° or 14° 46′ 51″ east
Population
8,790
Elevation
360 metres (1,181 feet)
Open location code
7F6PHQMJ+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2077938837
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2426784
Wiki­data ID
Q3342863
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Nokou” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نكو”
  • Catalan: “Nokou”
  • French: “Nokou”
  • Hausa: “Nokou”
  • Italian: “Nokou”
  • Japanese: “ノコウ”
  • Russian: “Ноку”

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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 “Nokou”. Photo: Robertgrafl, Public domain.