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Place details
- Locality
- Mao ماو
- Region
- Kanem كانم
- Country
- Tchad تشاد
- Population
- 50,681
- Timezone
- Africa/Ndjamena
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Key facts
- Country
- Chad
- Region
- Kanem
- Department
- Kanem
- Sub prefecture
- Mao
- Elevation
- 1,112 ft (339 m)
- Total
- 50,000
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( WAT )
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Encyclopedic overview
Mao (Arabic: مؤ) is a city in Chad, the capital of the Kanem Region and of the department also named Kanem. It is the 16th most populous city in Chad, and is located 226 km (140 mi) north-northeast of N'Djamena.
On the border of the Sahara, Mao's geography is marked by sand dunes and sparse vegetation. A large majority of Mao's residents are Muslim. There are two Christian churches (one Catholic and one Protestant) in Mao.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.