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Moundou
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Moundou is a city in Chad, situated in the Lac Wey Department within the Logone Occidental Region. It serves as the capital of both the Logone Occidental Region and the Lac Wey Department. The city was established on 1923-11-08 and is located at an elevation of 413 meters above sea level. Its official languages are Arabic and French.
The population of Moundou is recorded as 142,462, while another source lists it as 196,124. The city operates in the UTC+01:00 time zone, also identified as Africa/Ndjamena. Current weather data indicates a temperature of 33.63 degrees, with a humidity level of 33 percent and a wind speed of 2.03.
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Place details
- Locality
- Moundou موندو
- Region
- لوقون الغربية Logone Occidental
- Country
- Tchad تشاد
- Population
- 196,124
- Timezone
- Africa/Ndjamena
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Moundou
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- La ville de Moundou 4.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Moundou
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- Chad
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- top
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- Location in Chad
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
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- Sub-Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Logone Occidental Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lac Wey
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Moundou
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 413
- Settlement.population_total
- 137929
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Moundou
- Country
- Chad
- Located in
- Logone Occidental Region
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 142462
- Elevation
- 413
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Lac Wey Department
- Image
- La ville de Moundou 4.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Moundou
- Commons category
- Moundou
- native label
- موندو
- inception
- 1923-11-08
- P12749
- Rocca de' Giorgi
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Travel guide
Understand
Moundou is the country's second largest city with about 142,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the southern Logone Occidental prefecture. The city is situated along the Logone River and is mainly populated by - and is the cultural centre of the - N'Gambaye people.
See
thumb|A colonial building in Moundou.
Drink
Moundou is home to Gala Brewery, the largest beer producer in Chad, and their products are widely available.
Sleep
Lodging is rudimentary, at best.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~8 min read
Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Municipal districts
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transports
- Education
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- Other schools
- Places of worship
- Twin towns/sister cities
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Moundou () is the second-largest city in Chad and is the capital of the region of Logone Occidental.
The city lies on the Mbéré River (a tributary of the Western Logone) some 475 kilometres south of the capital N'Djamena. It is the main city of the Ngambai people. Moundou has grown as an industrial centre, home to the Gala Brewery, which produces Chad's most popular beer and the cotton and oil industries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moundou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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