Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south),
Sango (in south), more than 100 different languages and dialects are
spoken
Literacy: age 15 and over has the ability to read and write in French
and Arabic (1990 est.)
total population: 30%
male: 42%
female: 18%
Labor force: NA
by occupation: agriculture 85% (engaged in unpaid subsistence farming,
herding, and fishing)
@Chad:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Chad
conventional short form: Chad
local long form: Republique du Tchad
local short form: Tchad
Digraph: CD
Type: republic
Capital: N'Djamena
Administrative divisions: 14 prefectures (prefectures, singular -
prefecture); Batha, Biltine, Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Chari-Baguirmi,
Guera, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mayo-Kebbi,
Moyen-Chari, Ouaddai, Salamat, Tandjile
Independence: 11 August 1960 (from France)