Borkou Region

The Borkou region is a province of which was created in 2008 from the Borkou department of the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region. Its capital is .
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  • Type: province of Chad with 107,000 residents
  • Description: region of Chad
  • Also known as: Borkou” and “Minţaqah Būrkū

Borkou Region

Latitude
18.25° or 18° 15′ north
Longitude
18.5° or 18° 30′ east
Population
107,000
Elevation
381 metres (1,250 feet)
Open location code
7FCW7G22+22
Geo­Names ID
7602866
Wiki­data ID
Q1139666
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Borkou Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إقليم بوركو
  • Arabic: بوركو
  • Arabic: منطقة بوركو
  • Armenian: Բորկու
  • Basque: Borkou
  • Bengali: বুরকু অঞ্চল
  • Catalan: Borku
  • Cebuano: Borkou Region
  • Chinese: Borkou Chiu
  • Chinese: 博尔库区
  • Chinese: 博爾庫區
  • Czech: Borkou
  • Danish: Borkou
  • Dutch: Borkou Region
  • Esperanto: Borkou
  • Finnish: Borkou
  • French: Borkou
  • French: Région du Borkou
  • Georgian: ბორკუს რეგიონი
  • German: Borkou
  • Greek: Μπόρκου
  • Gujarati: બૉર્કાઉ પ્રદેશ
  • Hebrew: בורקו
  • Hindi: बोरकू
  • Hindi: बोर्कू प्रदेश
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Borkou
  • Indonesian: Wilayah Borkou
  • Italian: provincia di Borkou
  • Italian: Provincia di Borkou
  • Japanese: ボルク州
  • Kannada: ಬೊರ್ಕೊ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
  • Korean: 보르쿠주
  • Latvian: Borku reģions
  • Lithuanian: Borku regionas
  • Malay: Borkou Region
  • Malay: Borkou
  • Marathi: बोरोकू प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Borkou Chiu (Chad)
  • Min Nan Chinese: Borkou Chiu
  • Northern Frisian: Borkou
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Borkou Region
  • Persian: استان بورکو
  • Persian: بورکو
  • Polish: Region Borkou
  • Polish: Region Borku
  • Portuguese: Borkou
  • Portuguese: Região Borkou
  • Romanian: Regiunea Borkou
  • Russian: Борку
  • Sinhala: බොර්කොවූ කලාපය
  • Slovenian: Borkou
  • Spanish: Region de Borkou
  • Spanish: Región de Borkou
  • Swahili: Borkou (mkoa wa Chad)
  • Swahili: Borkou
  • Swedish: Borkou (region)
  • Swedish: Borkou
  • Tamil: போர்கோவு பகுதி
  • Telugu: బోర్కోవ్ ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: แถบบอคูย์
  • Turkish: Borkou Bölgesi
  • Turkish: Borkou
  • Ukrainian: Борку
  • Urdu: بورکؤ ریجن
  • Urdu: بورکؤ علاقہ
  • Vietnamese: Khu vực Borkou

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