Native Name: | Préfecture du Guéra |
Conventional Long Name: | Guéra Prefecture |
Common Name: | Guéra |
Subdivision: | Prefecture |
Nation: | Chad |
Government Type: | Prefecture |
Capital: | Mongo |
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: | Batha Region |
Flag P1: | Flag of Chad.svg |
P2: | Salamat Region |
Flag P2: | Flag of Chad.svg |
S1: | Guéra Department |
Flag S1: | Flag of Chad.svg |
Stat Year1: | 1960 |
Stat Area1: | 60000 |
Stat Pop1: | 156002 |
Stat Year2: | 1993 |
Stat Area2: | 58950 |
Stat Pop2: | 306253 |
Footnotes: | Area and population source: |
Guéra was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Its capital was Mongo. Located in the south of the country, Guéra covered an area of 58,950 square kilometers and had a population of 306,253 in 1993, of which 263,843 were sedentary (rural: 219,884; urban: 43,959) and 42,810 were nomadic. The predominant ethno-linguistic groups were the Hadjerai (66.18%) and the Arabs (21.11%).