Bongor () is a city in

Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

, the capital of the

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Mayo-Kebbi Est Mayo-Kebbi Est () is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is Bongor. It is composed of the northern areas of the former prefecture of Mayo-Kebbi (sub-prefectures of Bongor, Fianga and Gounou Gaya). Geography The province borders Chari- ...

. It is located on the eastern bank of the

Logone River The Logon or Logone River is a major tributary of the Chari River. The Logone's sources are located in the western Central African Republic, northern Cameroon, and southern Chad. It has two major tributaries: the Pendé River (Eastern Logone) in ...

. During the rainy season (May–September), the Logone is navigable between Bongor and

N'Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Chad, largest city of Chad. It is also a Provinces of Chad, special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements'', similar to the city of Paris. Originally calle ...

, Chad's capital. The population is 29,268 (2008). Bongor has a lively central market square, an

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, a post office, a hospital, and the administrative offices for the Mayo-Kebbi Prefecture.

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and

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are the primary cash crops of the region. There is a hotel on the bank of the Logone. The principal market day is Monday and people come from the entire region for the weekly market. Bongor was a part of

German Cameroon Kamerun was an African colony of the German Empire The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a for ...

until the 1911 German-French Treaty. In 1904, a military station was founded near Bongor by German colonial officer Herbert Kund, constituting the beginning of the city's modern history. The primary indigenous tribal group are the

Masa people The Massa people, also called Masana, Banana, or Yagoua, are a Chadic ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad. They are often grouped together with several together ethnic groups, who are collectively referred to as the Kirdi people. The Masa have a ...

. The city has been an important centre of secondary education since colonial times. The Lycée Jacques Moudeina is located in the city and many of the future leaders of the nations that became independent after the dissolution of the colony of

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attended the Lycée.

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{{Authority control Populated places in Chad Cameroon–Chad border crossings Mayo-Kebbi Est Region

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