Chad

**Chad** (jina rasmi: **Jamhuri ya Chad**; kwa Kiarabu: *Jumhūriyyah Tshad*; kwa Kifaransa: *République du Tchad*) ni nchi isiyo na pwani katika Afrika ya Kati. Inapakana na Libya kaskazini, Sudan mashariki, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati kusini, Kamerun na Nigeria kusini-magharibi, na Niger magharibi. Ni nchi kubwa yenye eneo la takriban km² milioni 1.28, na idadi ya watu takriban milioni 18.5 (2026) katika mikoa 23 ya utawala. Mji wake mkuu na mkubwa zaidi ni N'Djamena. Lugha rasmi ni Kiarabu na Kifaransa, huku lugha zaidi ya 120 za asili zikieleweka miongoni mwa makabila mbalimbali. Nchi hii ina maeneo ya jangwa la Sahara kaskazini na misitu ya savana kusini.

## Jiografia 
Sehemu kubwa ya eneo lake ni jangwa na nchi yabisi. Kusini kuna kanda lenye hali ya hewa ya kitropiki, lakini ardhi yenye rutuba inayofaa kwa kilimo ni asilimia 3 tu za eneo lake lote .

Kaskazini kuna milima ya Tibesti. 

Katikati liko beseni la ziwa Chad lililokuwa kati ya maziwa makubwa kabisa duniani lakini limepungua sana, hasa mwishoni mwa karne ya 20.

## Historia 
Katika milenia ya 7 KK kulikuwa na watu wengi sana katika beseni hiyo.

Katika historia kabla ya ukoloni watu wa kaskazini waliwafanyia vita watu wa kusini na kuteka wafungwa kama watumwa. Hivyo hadi leo uhusiano kati ya kusini na kaskazini ya nchi ni mgumu.

Tangu mwaka 2003 petroli imekuwa inaongoza kati ya bidhaa zinazopelekwa nje ya nchi badala ya pamba.

Tangu mwaka huo Mgogoro wa Darfur nchini Sudan umevuka mpaka na kuvuruga Chad pia. Ikiwa kati ya nchi zinazoongoza duniani kwa ufukara na ufisadi, ilipata shida kupokea wakimbizi kwa mamia elfu. 

Ingawa kulikuwa na vyama vingi vya siasa na mapigano ya kisiasa pamoja na majaribio ya mapinduzi, mamlaka ilibaki imara mikononi mwa Rais Déby na chama chake, Patriotic Salvation Movement, hadi alipouawa mwaka 2021. 

## Watu 
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Wakazi walikuwa 15,500,000 mwaka 2018.

Jinsi ilivyo katika nchi mbalimbali za kanda la Sahel kuna aina mbili za wakazi ndani yake: 
* Kaskazini wako hasa watu walioathiriwa sana na utamaduni wa Uislamu (55% za wakazi wote, wengi wakiwa Wasuni). Mifano ni Waarabu (12.3%), Wafulbe, Wahaussa, Wazaghawa na wengineo. Wengi wao walikuwa wafugaji na sehemu ya makabila inaendelea hadi leo maisha ya kuhamahama.
* Kusini wako hasa watu wanaofuata Ukristo (41%, Wakatoliki wakiwa wengi kidogo kuliko Waprotestanti) au dini asilia za Kiafrika (1%) kama Wasara (27.7%). Wengi wao hulima.

Kwa jumla leo kuna makabila zaidi ya 200 nchini, ambayo hutimia lugha na lahaja zaidi ya 100 (angalia orodha ya lugha hizo). Asili yao ni Afrika Mashariki, Afrika ya Kati, Afrika Magharibi na Afrika Kaskazini vilevile. 

Lugha rasmi ni Kiarabu na Kifaransa.

## Tazama pia
* Orodha ya miji ya Chad
* Orodha ya nchi kufuatana na wakazi
* Orodha ya nchi za Afrika kulingana na idadi ya watu
* Orodha ya nchi za Afrika kulingana na msongamano wa watu
* Orodha ya nchi za Afrika kulingana na pato la taifa
* Demografia ya Afrika

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## Viungo vya nje 
; Vya serikali
*  Serikali ya Chad 
*  Official presidency site 
* Chief of State and Cabinet Members 

; Vingine
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* Chad country study from Library of Congress
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* Chad profile from the BBC News
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* Key Development Forecasts for Chad from International Futures

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