Sub Saharan Africa

Chad
Last reviewed: 18 December 2007

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GEOGRAPHY

Chad is surrounded on 3 sides by mountain ranges. Apart from the fertile lowlands in the south, the country is arid in the centre and largely desert in the mountainous north. The population is concentrated in the south. Chad has borders with Libya, Niger, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Sudan.