Chad

Chad is a landlocked country situated in the centre of Africa. Chad is home to more than 200 different ethnic groups and there are national parks, desert lakes, sand dunes, canyons and camel caravans that will interest the daring and adventurous.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include N’Djamena and Moundou.
N'Djamena is the capital of Chad.
is the second-largest city in Chad and is the capital of the region of Logone Occidental.
is a city in central-eastern Chad and the capital of the Ouaddaï Region.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Sahelian Chad and Saharan Chad.
lies between the Sahara Desert to the…
The Southern Savanna is one of the most hospitable and populated regions of Chad.

Chad

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Latitude of center
15° north
Longitude of center
19° east
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Chad” goes by many names.
Ареспублика ЧадAbkhazian
ЧадAbkhazian
ChadAchinese
ЧадAdyghe
TsjadAfrikaans
KyadAkan
ÇadAlbanian
ÇadiAlbanian
ቻድAmharic
ChadAmis
चैडAngika
تَشَادArabic
جمهورية تشادArabic
ChadAragonese
ՉադArmenian
Tch·adArpitan
চাডAssamese
চাদAssamese
ChadAsturian
ChadAtayal
ChadAymara
ÇadAzerbaijani
ChadBalinese
CadBambara
CadiBambara
ChadBanjar
ЧадBashkir
TxadBasque
TschadBavarian
Рэспубліка ЧадBelarusian
Рэспубліка ЧадуBelarusian
ЧадBelarusian
চাদBengali
চ্যাডBengali
CadBetawi
चाडBhojpuri
চাদBishnupriya
ChadBislama
ChadiBole
ČadBosnian
TchadBreton
ЧадBulgarian
ချဒ်Burmese
ချဒ်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံBurmese
República del TxadCatalan
TxadCatalan
ChadCebuano
TśadCebuano
TsadCentral Bikol
ChadCentral Kanuri
چادCentral Kurdish
کۆماری چادCentral Kurdish
ChadChavacano
ЧадChechen
ᏣᏗCherokee
ZhàdéChinese
乍得Chinese
乍得 / 查德Chinese
乍得共和国Chinese
查德Chinese
查德共和國Chinese
ЧадChuvash
ChadCornish
CiadCorsican
ÇadCrimean Tatar
ČadCroatian
ČadCzech
ChadDagbani
TchadDanish
ޝާދުDhivehi
ÇadDimli (individual language)
CadDinka
चाडDotyali
Republiek TsjaadDutch
TsjaadDutch
ཅཱཌ།Dzongkha
ཅཱཌ། ChadDzongkha
ЧадEastern Mari
تشادEgyptian Arabic
ĈadioEsperanto
ĈadoEsperanto
Respubliko ĈadioEsperanto
TiaadEstonian
TšaadEstonian
Tšaadi VabariikEstonian
ChadEwe
Tsad nutomeEwe
TsyadiEwe
ChadExtremaduran
ChadFarefare
KjadFaroese
ChadFiji Hindi
TšadFinnish
Tšadin tasavaltaFinnish
TchadtòFon
CaadFulah
CaadiFulah
ÇadGagauz
ChadGalician
República do ChadGalician
CaadiGanda
ChadGanda
ჩადიGeorgian
ChadGhanaian Pidgin English
Republic of ChadGhanaian Pidgin English
چادGilaki
ΤσαντGreek
ChádeGuarani
TchadGuianese Creole French
ચાડGujarati
TchadHaitian
ChadHakka Chinese
CadiHausa
צ’אדHebrew
चाडHindi
CsádHungarian
Csád KöztársaságHungarian
TjadIcelandic
TsjadIcelandic
ChadIdo
ChadIgbo
ChadIloko
TšadInari Sami
Tšad täsiväldiInari Sami
ChadIndonesian
TchadInterlingua
ChadInterlingue
SeadIrish
CiadItalian
ChadJamaican Creole English
チャドJapanese
チャド共和国Japanese
ChadJavanese
CaadɩKabiyè
ČčadKabyle
ChadKalaallisut
Чадигин ОрнKalmyk
ಚಾಡ್Kannada
ಚಾದ್Kannada
CHAKara-Kalpak
ChadKara-Kalpak
Chad RespublikasıKara-Kalpak
ЧадKara-Kalpak
Чад РеспубликасыKara-Kalpak
ЧадKarachay-Balkar
CadiKarekare
چاڈKashmiri
چاڑKashmiri
CzadKashubian
ТашадKazakh
ЧадKazakh
ឆាដKhmer
ChadKikuyu
ChadiKikuyu
CadeKinyarwanda
ЧадKirghiz
Чад РеспубликасыKirghiz
ChadKomering
TasadiKongo
차드Korean
챠드Korean
챠드공화국Korean
TcadaKotava
ÇadKurdish
چادKurdish
CiadLadin
ChadLadino
ຊາດLao
ປະເທດຊາດLao
TzadiaLatin
ČadaLatvian
Čadas RepublikaLatvian
CiadLigurian
TsjaadLimburgan
TsádiLingala
TshadiLingala
TxadLingua Franca Nova
乍得Literary Chinese
ČadasLithuanian
ČadLivvi
lo gugdetuduLojban
tcadLojban
CiadLombard
CjadLombard
TschadLow German
TsjaadLow German
ČadLower Sorbian
TšadLower Sorbian
TshadiLuba-Katanga
TschadLuxembourgish
CiadMacedo-Romanian
ЧадMacedonian
ChadMadurese
TsadyMalagasy
CadMalay
ChadMalay
ഛാഡ്Malayalam
റിപ്പബ്ലിക്ക് ഓഫ് ഛാഡ്Malayalam
ĊadMaltese
ChadMaltese
iċ-ChadMaltese
Repubblika taċ-ChadMaltese
ꯆꯥꯗManipuri
ꯆꯥꯗ (ꯂꯩꯄꯥꯛ)Manipuri
CHAManx
ChadManx
GUMManx
Pobblaght HadManx
ShadManx
tdManx
KātaMaori
चाडMarathi
چادMazanderani
ChadMin Dong Chinese
ChadMin Nan Chinese
ChadMinangkabau
ჩადიMingrelian
XadeMirandese
ЧадMoksha
ЧадMongolian
تشادMoroccan Arabic
ChadMossi
ChadNauru
TsiadNauru
Séíbąąh Dineʼé BikéyahNavajo
चाडNepali
चाडNewari
ChadNigerian Pidgin
ChadiNorth Ndebele
TschadNorthern Frisian
چادNorthern Luri
ChadNorthern Sami
Chad dásseváldiNorthern Sami
Chada dásseváldiNorthern Sami
TčadNorthern Sami
TsjadNorwegian
Republikken TsjadNorwegian Bokmål
TsjadNorwegian Bokmål
Republikken TsjadNorwegian Nynorsk
TchadNorwegian Nynorsk
TsjadNorwegian Nynorsk
ChadNovial
ChadObolo
ChadOccitan (post 1500)
ܬܫܐܕOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
CeadOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ChadOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ଚାଡ଼Oriya
ଚାଦ୍Oriya
ChaadOromo
ЧадOssetian
चाडPali
ChadPampanga
TsadPampanga
JhadPangasinan
ਚਾਡPanjabi
ChadPapiamento
ChadPedi
چادPersian
CiadPiemontese
ChadPitcairn-Norfolk
CzadPolish
چادPushto
چاډPushto
ChadQuechua
ChatQuechua
ချဒ်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံRakhine
CiadRomanian
TschadRomansh
CadiRundi
ЧадRussia Buriat
Республика ЧадRussian
ЧадRussian
ЧадRusyn
ChadSakizaya
ChadSamoan
ČadsSamogitian
SâdeSango
TyâdeSango
चाडSanskrit
ᱪᱟᱫᱽSantali
ChadSardinian
CiàdSardinian
TschadSaterfriesisch
ChadScots
An t-SeàdScottish Gaelic
An t-SiadScottish Gaelic
ChadScottish Gaelic
ČadSerbian
ЧадSerbian
ČadSerbo-Croatian
မိူင်းၶျၢတ်ႈShan
ChadShona
ChadhiShona
ChadiShona
CiadSicilian
CzadSilesian
چاڊSindhi
චැච්Sinhala
චෑඩ්Sinhala
TšaadSkolt Sami
Tšaad tääʹssväʹlddSkolt Sami
ČadSlovak
Čadská republikaSlovak
ČadSlovenian
JaadSomali
JadSomali
چادSouth Azerbaijani
ChadSouthern Sotho
ⵜⵛⴰⴷStandard Moroccan Tamazight
ChadSundanese
ChadSwahili
ChadiSwahili
IShediSwati
Republiken TchadSwedish
TchadSwedish
TsadSwedish
TschadSwedish
TschadSwiss German
TcadTachelhit
ChadTagalog
TsadTagalog
ЧадTajik
ÇadTalysh
சாட்Tamil
ChadTaroko
ЧадTatar
చాద్Telugu
XadeTetum
ชาดThai
ประเทศชาดThai
สาธารณรัฐชาดThai
ཅཻཌ།Tibetan
ཆཱ་ཌ།Tibetan
ቻድTigrinya
ጫድTigrinya
SātiTonga (Tonga Islands)
ChadTsonga
ChadTswana
ChadTumbuka
تشادTunisian Arabic
ÇadTurkish
Çad CumhuriyetiTurkish
ÇadTurkmen
CaadTyap
CadiTyap
Ri̱pobi̱lik CaadTyap
ЧадUdmurt
چادUighur
Республіка ЧадUkrainian
ЧадUkrainian
ČadUpper Sorbian
چاڈUrdu
ChadUzbek
CiadVenetian
ČadVeps
ChadVietnamese
SátVietnamese
Sát (Chad)Vietnamese
TchadVietnamese
TsjadVlaams
TjadänVolapük
TšaadVõro
TchadWalloon
TchadeWalloon
ChadWaray (Philippines)
ChadWelsh
TchadWelsh
TsiadWelsh
ՉատWestern Armenian
چادWestern Balochi
TsjaadWestern Frisian
ЧадWestern Mari
چاڈWestern Panjabi
چڈWestern Panjabi
CàddWolof
乍得Wu Chinese
ЧадYakut
טשאַדYiddish
ṢààdìYoruba
TsadYoruba
乍得Yue Chinese
TsjaodZeeuws
ChadZhuang
i-ChadZulu
ITshediZulu
ma Sate
TCD
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”

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