Chad, also known as the Republic of Chad is located in northern Africa. Chad is a landlocked country that lies between Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Sudan. Chad’s total land area equals about 495,000 square miles. Chad was formerly a province of French Equatorial Africa. The People of Chad gained their independence from France in 1960 (Encarta). Chad has two main climate zones throughout the country. Theses two areas are ; tropical in …showed first 75 words of 2672 total…

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