Fact Sheet on the Republic of Chad

General

Area	1,284,000 Sq.Kms
Geography	Located in the Sahelian at North Africa. It is surrounded by Libya in the north, Niger in the west, Sudan in the east and CAR and Cameroon in the south.
Capital	N'djamena
Other cities	Sarah, Moundou, Abeche
Population	7.7 m (2000, estimate)
Climate	Tropical in South, semi-arid in Sahelian belt, desertic and semi-desertic in the North.
Local Time	( - ) 3 and a half hours IST
Official Language :	French
Other Languages	Chadian, Arabic and other African languages
Religion	Muslims (50%), Christian (11%), Animist (39%)
National Day	August 11 (proclaimed a Republic on 28.11.1958)
Currency	CFA Franc (1 US$ = CFA 691.39) (January 2001)
Political System
Form of State	Unitary Republic
Head of State	President Idriss Deby; elected by universal suffrage National Government :President appoints PM from the main party who in turn appoints his Cabinet.
Prime Minister	Nagoum Yamassoum.
Last reshuffle	August 2001
Foreign Minister	Mahamat Saleh Annadif
Economic Promotion Minister	Mahamat All Hassan
Commerce and Industry Minister	Mahamat Saleh Adoum
National Legislature	Assemblee Nationale with 125 member elected by universal suffrage.
Legal System	Based on the Napoleonic Code.
Economy
GDP	US$ 1.49 billion (2000)
Real GDP Growth	4.5% (2000)
GDP Per Capita	N.A
Sector-wise contribution to:
Agriculture	(39.5%)
Manufacturing, utilities GDP construction	(14.3%)
Services	(46.2%) (1999)
Agriculture	Cocoa, Coffee, Rubber, Palm Oil, Cotton, Peanuts, Cashewnuts, Sorghum, Beans
Natural Resources	Petroleum, Gas, Minerals, Iron Ore, Gypsum
Industry	Cotton, Sugar, Beer, Cigarettes, Textiles
Consumer Price Inflation	3% (2000)
Current Account Balance	( - ) 12.8 million (1999)
Foreign Exchange Reserves	US $ 99 million (2000)
External Debt	US $ 1.03 billion (1999)
External Trade Exports (FOB)	US $ 172 million (2000)
Imports (FOB)	US $ 223 million (2000)
Principal Exports	Cotton, Gum Arabic, Livestock, Meat
Principal Imports	Manufactured goods, non-fuel primary products, Pharmaceuticals
Main destination of Exports	Portugal (38.5%), Germany (12%), Australia (4.9%), Brazil (4.4%) (1999)
Main Origins of Imports	France (40.5%), Cameroon (13%), Nigeria (11.6%), India (4.8%) (1999)

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