Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (prefecture) explained

Native Name:Préfecture du Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti
Conventional Long Name:Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture
Common Name:Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti
Subdivision:Prefecture
Nation:Chad
Government Type:Prefecture
Capital:Faya-Largeau
Political Subdiv:[1]
  • Borkou
  • Ennedi
  • Tibesti
Year Start:1960
Year End:1999
Event Start:Established[2]
Date Start:13 February
Event End:Disestablished
Date End:1 September
Event1:End of French administration[3]
Date Event1:23 January 1965
Event2:Libyan occupation
Date Event2:1973–1987
Era:Cold War
Flag:Flag of Chad
P1:Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region
Flag P1:Flag of Chad.svg
S1:Borkou Department
Flag S1:Flag of Chad.svg
S2:Ennedi Department
Flag S2:Flag of Chad.svg
S3:Tibesti Department
Flag S3:Flag of Chad.svg
Stat Year1:1960
Stat Area1:530000
Stat Pop1:51,472
Stat Year2:1993
Stat Area2:600350
Stat Pop2:73,185
Footnotes:Area and population source:

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 often abbreviated to BET.

Located in the north of Chad it was adjacent to Algeria, while also bordering Niger and Sudan. Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti covered an area of 600,350 km, almost half of Chad's total area. It had a population of 73,185 (as of 1993), partly nomadic and also scattered small towns and other settlements. Its capital was Faya-Largeau.

Geography

Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti is located in the Sahara Desert and extends into the Sahel. Its diverse topography ranges from the volcanic Tibesti Mountains to the Bodélé Depression, a vast Holocene lake-bed that is one of the Earth's strongest dust storm producing regions. Overall, the territory is extremely arid.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Administrative Divisions of Countries: Departments of Chad. www.statoids.com.
  2. Web site: Administrative Divisions of Countries: Regions of Chad. www.statoids.com.
  3. Web site: World Statesmen: Chad. World Statesmen.org.