Ouaddaï Region

Ouaddaï

وداي
Ouaddaï وداي
Region
	Ruins of Quara
	Map of Chad showing Ouaddaï.
Country	Chad
Departments	3
Sub-prefectures	16
Regional capital	Abéché
Population (2009)[1]
• Total	721,166

13.83°N 20.8328°E / 13.83; 20.8328

Ouaddaï is a region in Chad. The capital city is Abéché.

The region was the heartland of the former Ouaddai Empire, which existed from the early 16th century until 1911. It was defeated by France in the Ouaddai War.

Subdivisions

Since 2008, the region of Ouaddaï is divided into three departments:

Department	Capital	Sub-prefectures
Abdi	Abdi (ville)	Abdi, Abkar Djombo, Biyeré
Assoungha	Adré	Adré, Hadjer Hadid, Mabrone, Borota, Molou, Tourane
Ouara	Abéché	Abéché, Abougoudam, Chokoyan, Bourtaïl, Amleyouna, Gurry, Marfa

References

DEUXIEME RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION ET DE L’HABITAT: RESULTATS GLOBAUX DEFINITIFS (PDF) (Report). INSEED. March 2012. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

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[census-1] DEUXIEME RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION ET DE L’HABITAT: RESULTATS GLOBAUX DEFINITIFS (PDF) (Report). INSEED. March 2012. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2017.