| Native Name: | Préfecture du Chari-Baguirmi |
| Conventional Long Name: | Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture |
| Common Name: | Chari-Baguirmi |
| Subdivision: | Prefecture |
| Nation: | Chad |
| Government Type: | Prefecture |
| Capital: | Fort-Lamy (1960–1973) N'Djamena (1973–1999) |
| Political Subdiv: | [1]
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| Year Start: | 1960 |
| Year End: | 1999 |
| Event Start: | Established[2] |
| Date Start: | 13 February |
| Event End: | Disestablished |
| Date End: | 1 September |
| Era: | Cold War |
| Flag: | Flag of Chad |
| P1: | Chari-Baguirmi Region |
| Flag P1: | Flag of Chad.svg |
| S1: | Baguirmi Department |
| Flag S1: | Flag of Chad.svg |
| S2: | Dababa Department |
| Flag S2: | Flag of Chad.svg |
| S3: | Hadjer-Lamis Department |
| Flag S3: | Flag of Chad.svg |
| Stat Year1: | 1960 |
| Stat Area1: | 100000 |
| Stat Pop1: | 300043 |
| Stat Year2: | 1993 |
| Stat Area2: | 82910 |
| Stat Pop2: | 720941 |
| Footnotes: | Area and population source: |
Chari-Baguirmi was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the west of the country, Chari-Baguirmi covered an area of 82,910 square kilometers and had a population of 720,941 in 1993. Its capital was Ndjamena.