Ennedi Est Region ( ar, إنيدي الشرقية) is one of the twenty-three

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Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...

. The capital of the region is Am-Djarass. The region's current governor is General Hassan Djorobo.

History

It was established in 2012 from part of the former

Ennedi Region Ennedi Region was a former region of Chad. It was created in 2008 from the Ennedi Est Department and Ennedi Ouest Department of the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region. The capital of the Ennedi region was Fada. In 2012 it was split into two n ...

. It appears to cover the same territory as the former Ennedi Est Department.

Geography

The region borders

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Su ...

to the north, Sudan to the east,

Wadi Fira Region Wadi Fira ( ar, وادي فيرا) is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is the town of Biltine. The region corresponds with the former prefecture of Biltine. Geography The region borders Borkou Region, Ennedi-Ouest Region and Enn ...

to the south, and

Ennedi-Ouest Region Ennedi-Ouest Region ( ar, إنيدي الغربية) is one of the twenty-three regions of Chad. It was created in 2012 from the western half of the former Ennedi Region. It appears to cover the same territory as the former Ennedi Ouest Departm ...

to the west. The region is geographically part of the

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. The region's northern border lies within the

Aouzou Strip The Aouzou Strip (; ar, قطاع أوزو, Qiṭāʿ Awzū, french: Bande d'Aozou) is a strip of land in northern Chad that lies along the border with Libya, extending south to a depth of about 100 kilometers into Chad's Borkou, Ennedi Ouest, ...

, historically a point of dispute between

and

.Geoffrey Leslie Simons, ''Libya and the West: from independence to Lockerbie'', Centre for Libyan Studies (Oxford, England). Pg. 57

Settlements

Am-Djarass is the regional capital; other major settlements include Bahaï, Bao Billiat, Kaoura and Mourdi.

Demographics

The main ethnolinguistic groups are the

Dazaga Daza (also known as Dazaga) is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Daza people inhabiting northern Chad. The Daza are also known as the Gouran (Gorane) in Chad. Dazaga is spoken by around 380,000 people, primarily in the Djurab Desert reg ...

Toubou The Toubou or Tubu (from Old Tebu, meaning "rock people") are an ethnic group native to the Tibesti Mountains that inhabit the central Sahara in northern Chad, southern Libya and northeastern Niger. They live either as herders and nomads or a ...

and the

Zaghawa Zaghawa may refer to: * Zaghawa people * Zaghawa language {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...

Subdivisions

Ennedi Est Region is divided into two

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References

Regions of Chad States and territories established in 2012 {{Chad-geo-stub