The Republic of Chad is an African country, which tourists never travel to, except for particularly courageous and greedy to local exotics. The harsh climate, total poverty, lack of education and medicine – that’s Chad today. And, unfortunately, the tendencies to improve the situation on this corner of the Earth is not yet appreciable.
Chad is the largest African state that has no access to the sea.
The country owes its name to Lake Chad, partially located on its territory. The pool of this legendary pond covers about 1 million square kilometers. On the shores of the lake is a network of marshes, which is the largest in tropical Africa. Unfortunately, the fresh water of Lake Chad is unsuitable for drinking because of its excessive pollution.
During the second of the world wars in the territory of Chad, Allied troops were based, which from there led an offensive on the connections of Germans and Italians in Libya.
After Chad ceased to be a colony of France in 1960, he experienced several military coups and civil wars.
Only 27% of Chad’s inhabitants can drink clean water at all times.
The citizens of Chad live an average of 48 years. This is one of the worst indicators in the world.
The first full-length film, shot by a film director from Chad, appeared only in 1999.
Traditional musical instruments of Chad are called hu-hu and kakaki.
There is not a single railway line in Chad.
A significant part of the country is occupied by the Sahara desert.
In all of Chad, there are only 677 hotel rooms that can accommodate a total of 1,250 people.
About 1000 Chadian students are trained in Russian universities every year.
In Chad, there are 133 languages spoken.
Chad is one of the poorest countries in the world. The country’s authorities were forced to entrust the development of their own oil fields to Western and Chinese corporations, as the state did not have enough money to drill wells and extract hydrocarbons.
In the north of Chad in the heat of summer, the air is heated up to +56 degrees. By the way, it’s also hot in the UAE.
The most peaceful city of Chad is Sarh, which is the center of the southern province of Shari.
The City Central Market of the capital of Chad is considered one of the best in the region.
There are 4 national parks in Chad. One of the most famous of them is the Zakuma park, occupying an area of 3 thousand kilometers. In the park there are 44 species of large mammals and 250 species of birds.
The men of the Tuba people living in the territory of Chad consider singing indecent.
During the Second World War, 15,000 Chadians fought in the ranks of the army of France.
The women of the Chadian tribe of sir consider beautiful deformation of various parts of the body – for example, they insert saucers, plates and plates with a diameter of up to 40 centimeters.
Chad banknotes depict not only presidents, but also the famous local beauty Bitta Kell, who died many years ago.
In terms of mortality, Chad ranks fifth in the world, with the number of deaths during childbirth here is the highest on the planet.
About 80% of Chad’s residents are officially considered unemployed.
In Chad, there is no one’s own doctor – in a few hospitals in large cities, employees of the Red Cross and other international organizations work.
Photographing in Chad is possible only if there is a special permit issued by the Ministry of Information or police. The document specifies the specific types of objects that can be removed.
In 1986-1987 between Chad and Libya there was a war “Toyota”, received the name in honor of cars Toyota Hilux which prevailed in a motor-vehicle pool of both parties. The winner of the “toyot” war was Chad, who lost about 1000 soldiers in combat, while Libya’s losses amounted to about 7,500 people. This is the only military conflict in the history of the Earth, named after the machine.
Inhabitants of Chad do not look into each other’s eyes during a conversation – it is considered indecent.
Rain is considered good weather in Chad, and a bad day is a sunny day.
