Logone Occidental (prefecture) explained

Native Name:Préfecture du Logone Occidental
Conventional Long Name:Logone Occidental Prefecture
Common Name:Logone Occidental
Subdivision:Prefecture
Nation:Chad
Government Type:Prefecture
Capital:Moundou
Political Subdiv:[1]
  • Beinamar
  • Benoyé
  • Moundou
Year Start:1962
Year End:1999
Event Start:Established[2]
Date Start:9 January
Event End:Disestablished
Date End:1 September
Era:Cold War
Flag:Flag of Chad
P1:Logone Prefecture
Flag P1:Flag of Chad.svg
S1:Logone Occidental Department
Flag S1:Flag of Chad.svg
Stat Year1:1993
Stat Area1:8695
Stat Pop1:455489
Footnotes:Area and population source:

Logone Occidental was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the southwest of the country, Logone Occidental covered an area of 8,695 square kilometers and had a population of 455,489 in 1993. Its capital was Moundou.

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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.