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Also known as Borkou Region

region of Chad

Key facts

Country
Chad
Capital
Faya-Largeau
Total
271,513 km (104,832 sq mi)
Density
0.35818/km (0.92769/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( WAT )

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
province of Chad
Country
Chad
Located in
Chad
Contains
Borkou Yala
Population
133600
Area
150000
Elevation
381
Image
Emi Koussi inner crater.jpg
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inception
2012-00-00
language used
Teda
Commons category
Borkou
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Encyclopedic overview

17°55′00″N 19°07′00″E / 17.9167°N 19.1167°E / 17.9167; 19.1167

The Borkou region (Arabic: بوركو) is a province of Chad which was created in 2008 from the Borkou department of the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region. Its capital is Faya-Largeau.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Borkou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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