Ennedi Est () is one of the twenty-three

provinces A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''provi ...

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 and largest city of the province is Amdjarass.

History

It was established on September 4, 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 Ennedi Est () was a department of the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region in Chad. Its capital was Bahaï. In 2008, the former Ennedi Est and Ennedi Ouest departments of Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti became the new Ennedi Region. The city of Bahaï ...

. From 1960 to 1999, the province was part of the

Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture was the largest of the 14 prefectures of Chad between 1960 and 1999. It was transformed into Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region, one of the 18 regions into which the country has been divided since 2002. Its name is ofte ...

, and until 2008 was the

in the region of the same name. From 2008 to 2012, the province was part of the

as the

Wadi Hawar Wadi Hawar is a department in the Ennedi-Est region of the Republic of Chad. History In an earlier incarnation, Wadi Hawar was a department of the former Ennedi Region Ennedi Region was a former region of Chad. It was created in 2008 from ...

department until the Ennedi Region was divided.

Geography

The province is situated in the far northeast of Chad. It borders

Kufra District Kufra, Kufrah or Kofra ( '), also spelled ''Cufra'' in Italian, is the largest district of Libya and the second largest such district in Africa. It is slightly smaller than the country of Turkmenistan. Its capital is Al Jawf, one of the oases in ...

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

to the north,

North Darfur North Darfur State ( Wilāyat Šamāl Dārfūr; ''Shamal Darfor'') is one of the wilayat or states of Sudan. It is one of the five states composing the Darfur region. It has an area of 296,420 km2 and an estimated population of approximat ...

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

to the east, Wadi Fira Region to the south, and

Ennedi-Ouest Region Ennedi Ouest () is one of the twenty-three provinces 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 Department. The capital of the region is ...

to the west. The region is geographically part of the Sahara Desert, and contains features such as the Erdi Plateau and the Mourdi Depression in the north and a significant portion of the Ennedi Plateau in the center. The province's northern section lies within the

Aouzou Strip The Aouzou Strip (; , ) is a strip of land in northern Chad that lies along the Chad–Libya border, border with Libya, extending south to a depth of about 100 kilometers into Chad's Borkou, Ennedi Ouest, Ennedi Est, and Tibesti regions for an a ...

, 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

Climate

Ennedi Est has a

hot semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of sem ...

(BWh) according to the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

. The province experiences a wide range of temperatures throughout the year, ranging from cooler temperatures in January and February that can drop to 6°C (43°F) and rising to peak temperatures in May that can reach over 41°C (106°F). Temperatures in the summer are warm but generally stable (around 31°C or 88°F) and start to cool in the winter, staying around 10°C (51°F).

Settlements

Amdjarass is the provincial capital and largest city. Other notable settlements include Bahaï, Bao Billiat,

Kaoura Kaoura is a small town in Ennedi Est department of Chad. It is located in the Ennedi Region, which was formed in 2008 from the Ennedi Est and Ennedi Ouest departments of the former Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region The Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (BET) w ...

and

Mourdi Mourdi is a sub-prefecture of Ennedi Region 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, Su ...

Demographics

The main ethnolinguistic groups are the

Dazaga Daza (also known as Dazaga) is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Daza people (a sub-group of the Toubou people) inhabiting northern Chad and eastern Niger. The Daza are also known as the Gouran (Gorane) in Chad. Dazaga is spoken by around ...

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, northeastern Niger, and northwestern Sudan. They live either as her ...

and the Zaghawa.

Government & subdivisions

Subdivisions

Ennedi Est is divided into 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, ...

Governors

4 Sep 2012 - ?: Hassan Djorobo 15 Oct 2021 - 2023: Issakha Malloua Djamous

References

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