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The highest point in Chad, Emi Koussi, is located in Borkou. [1] The Bodélé Depression lies in the south-central portion of the region. The region borders Libya to the north, Ennedi-Ouest Region to the east, Wadi Fira Region , Batha Region , Bahr el Gazel Region and Kanem Region to the south, and Niger and Tibesti Region the west.
The Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (BET) was until 2008 one of the then 18 regions of Chad, its capital being Faya-Largeau. It comprised the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture. Most of the region was part of the Sahara desert. In 2008, this region was split into three new regions: Borkou Region, Ennedi Region, and the Tibesti Region.
Tibesti Region (Arabic: مقاطعة تيبستي) is a region of Chad, located in far northwest of the country. Its capital is Bardaï. It was created in 2008 when the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region was split into three, with the Tibesti Department becoming the Tibesti Region. The region is named for the Tibesti Mountains, one of the most ...
Toubou people. Chad. Niger. Libya. The Toubou or Tubu (from Old Tebu, meaning "rock people" [ 8 ]) are an ethnic group native to the Tibesti Mountains [ 9 ] that inhabit the central Sahara in northern Chad, southern Libya, northeastern Niger, and northwestern Sudan. They live either as herders and nomads or as farmers near oases.
245 m (804 ft) Population. (2012) [1] • Total. 48,090. Time zone. +1. Faya-Largeau[2] (also known as Faya, [3] Arabic: فايا لارجو or فايا) is the largest city in northern Chad and was the capital of the region of Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti. [4] It is now in the Borkou Region, which was formed in 2008 from the Borkou Department of the ...
From independence in 1960 until 1999 it was divided into 14 préfectures. These were replaced in 1999 by 28 départements. The country was reorganized again in 2002 to produce 18 régions. In 2008, a further four régions were created, increasing the number to 22. Ennedi Region was split into Ennedi-Est and Ennedi-Ouest in 2012, producing the ...
Djurab. The Djurab Desert (Djourab, جراب) is a desert in northern Chad. [1] [2] [3] Part of the greater Sahara desert, it makes up much of the area of Chad's Borkou region. The Koro Toro settlement and maximum security prison is situated on the eastern boundary of the desert. The closest major settlements are Salal to the south and Faya ...
Koro Toro. Koro Toro is a settlement in the southern Borkou Region of Chad. It hosts the Koro Toro Airport and a "notorious" [1] maximum security desert prison [2] used by the Chadian government to detain captured fighters of Boko Haram [3] and Chadian rebel groups. [1] According to the Chadian opposition, Koro Toro is factually a penal colony.