Borkou () is one of two
departments
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
* Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of the
Borkou Region
The Borkou region () 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.
Geography
Borkou is located in the Sahara Desert, and contains parts o ...
in Chad . It was established by Ordinance No. 002/PR/08 of 19 February 2008. Its capital is
Faya-Largeau
Faya-Largeau (also known as Faya, or ) is the largest city in northern Chad and was the capital of the region of Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti. It is now in the Borkou Region, which was formed in 2008 from the Borkou Department of the former Bourkou-En ...
.
Bourkou was formerly one of four departments in the
Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region
The Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (BET) was until 2008 one of the then 18 regions of Chad, its capital being Faya-Largeau. It comprised the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture. Most of the region was part of the Sahara desert.
In 2008, this region ...
of
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 ...
, in the northern
Sahara
The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...
n territory of
Borkou
The Borkou region () 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.
Geography
Borkou is located in the Sahara Desert, and contains parts of ...
. In 2008 the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region was split into three, and the former Bourkou department became a
separate region under the same name.
Sub-prefectures
The department of Borkou is divided into two
sub-prefectures:
* Faya-Largeau
* Kouba Olanga
See also
Departments of Chad
The provinces of Chad have been divided into 120 Department (country subdivision), departments since 2024. The departments are listed below, by name and by former region.
Departments sorted by name
Departments grouped by region (prior to ...
References
Departments of Chad
Borkou Region
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