Chad

Quick facts · checked against public data

Capital

N'Djamena

Currency

Central African CFA franc

Population

21003705

Part of the world

Middle Africa

Canada travel advice

Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)

One word to know

Chad has two official languages, French and Arabic, and roughly 120 more. The one you will actually hear is Chadian Arabic, spoken by about six people in ten, and almost nobody writes it down. There is no agreed spelling. We are not going to invent one. Speak Chadian Arabic or Ngambay? Help us fill this in.

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Sources: population and capital from public World Bank and national data; travel advice from the Government of Canada and the UK Foreign Office. Check the official advice before you book.