Native Name: | إقليم بلتن |
Conventional Long Name: | Biltine Prefecture |
Common Name: | Biltine |
Subdivision: | Prefecture |
Nation: | Chad |
Government Type: | Prefecture |
Capital: | Biltine |
Political Subdiv: | [1]
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Year Start: | 1960 |
Year End: | 1999 |
Event Start: | Established[2] |
Event End: | Disestablished |
Date End: | 1 September |
Era: | Cold War |
Flag: | Flag of Chad |
P1: | Ouaddaï Prefecture |
Flag P1: | Flag of Chad.svg |
S1: | Biltine Department |
Flag S1: | Flag of Chad.svg |
Stat Year1: | 1960 |
Stat Area1: | 55000 |
Stat Pop1: | 141686 |
Stat Year2: | 1993 |
Stat Area2: | 46850 |
Stat Pop2: | 187807 |
Footnotes: | Area and population source: |
Biltine Prefecture (Arabic: ﺇﻗﻠﻴﻢ بلتن) was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the east of the country, Biltine covered an area of 46,850 square kilometers and had a population of 184,807 in 1993. Its capital was Biltine. The Amdang language, spoken in parts of the prefecture, is sometimes called "Biltine".