Aouzou
Aouzou is a small town and oasis in the extreme north of Chad, situated within the Aouzou Strip. It was the site of the Battle of Aouzou, during which Chadian forces captured the town from Libya in August 1987, followed by its recapture by Libya less than a month later.- Type: Town with 1,300 residents
- Description: town and oasis in Chad
- Also known as: “Aouzou أوزو”, “Aouzou, Chad”, “Aozou”, and “Ozu”
Aouzou
- Categories: human settlement, subprefecture of Chad, and locality
- Location: Tibesti Region, Chad, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
21.81613° or 21° 48′ 58″ north
Longitude
17.42878° or 17° 25′ 44″ east
Population
1,300
Elevation
1,046 metres (3,432 feet)
Open location code
7FHVRC8H+FG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Aouzou” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوزو”
- Bulgarian: “Аозоу”
- Cebuano: “Aozou”
- Dutch: “Aouzou”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اوزو”
- French: “Aouzou”
- French: “Aozou”
- German: “Aouzou”
- German: “Ūzū”
- Irish: “Aouzou”
- Italian: “Aouzou”
- Italian: “Aozou”
- Polish: “Aouzou”
- Russian: “Аузу”
- Ukrainian: “Аузу”
- Urdu: “اوزو، چاڈ”
- Urdu: “اوزو”
- Uzbek: “Aouzou”
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