(TCHAD)
(WIPO code: TD) (latest review April 2023)
(TCHAD)
(WIPO code: TD) (latest review April 2023)
1,284,000 sq. km.
18,523,165 (2023).
N’Djamena.
French.
C.F.A. franc.
Sugar cane, cotton, grains, groundnuts, leguminous, farming.
Gold, uranium, iron, petroleum.
Cotton, livestock, meat and leguminous.
(per capita): U.S.$ 640 (estimated 2021).
A former French colony, part of French Equatorial Africa, Chad obtained its internal administrative autonomy and became a member of the French Community in 1958, and later achieved its complete independence on August 11, 1960.
The country, partially desertic, is mainly agricultural (millet, sorgho, livestock).
Chad is a member of “Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa” (CEMAC), previously known as “Customs and Economics Union of Central Africa” (UDEAC), and a member of “Economic Community of Central African States” (CEEAC).