Zuar (Chad)

Zuar
	City
Zuar
	fr. Zouar
A country	Chad
Region	Tibesti
The Department	Western tibesti
History and Geography
Center height	764 m
Timezone	UTC + 1
Population
Population	6432 people ( 2009 )

Zouar ^[1] ^[2] ( fr. Zouar ) is a small town and suprefecture in Chad , located in the Tibesti region . It is the administrative center of the Department of Western Tibesti .

Content

Geographical position

The city is located in the northwestern part of Chad, on the southwestern edge of the Tibesti plateau, at an altitude of 764 meters above sea level ^[3] . Zuar is located at a distance of approximately 933 kilometers northeast (NNE) from the country's capital N'Djamena .

Climate

The climate of the city is characterized as arid hot ( BWh in the Köppen climate classification ). The level of precipitation falling during the year is extremely low (the average annual amount is 34 mm). The average annual temperature is 23.8 ° C ^[4] .

History

In the period from 1917 ^[5] to 1960, the city was under the control of France .

Population

According to the 2009 official census, the Zuar population was 6432 people (3489 men and 2943 women). Children under the age of 15 years accounted for 13% of the total number of city residents ^[6] .

Transport

In the vicinity of Zuar is the ( ICAO : FTTR) ^[3] .

Notes

↑ Chad. Reference map (scale 1: 2 500 000). - GUKG, 1982
↑ Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries . - 3rd ed. reslave. and additional .. - M .: Nedra, 1986. - 459 p.
↑ ¹ ² Zouar, Chad Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment November 7, 2017.
↑ Climate: Zouar . Climate-Data.org. Date of treatment November 7, 2017.
↑ Azevedo, Mario J. Roots of Violence: A History of War in Chad. - Routledge, 1998. - P. 71. - ISBN 90-5699-582-0 .
↑ Deuxième Recensement Genéral de la Population et de l'Habitat (Fr.) (link unavailable) . L'Institut national de la statistique, des études économiques et démographiques (INSEED). Date of treatment November 7, 2017. Archived November 18, 2017.

[1] Chad. Reference map (scale 1: 2 500 000). - GUKG, 1982

[2] Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries . - 3rd ed. reslave. and additional .. - M .: Nedra, 1986. - 459 p.

[fallingrain-3] ¹ ² Zouar, Chad Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment November 7, 2017.

[4] Climate: Zouar . Climate-Data.org. Date of treatment November 7, 2017.

[5] Azevedo, Mario J. Roots of Violence: A History of War in Chad. - Routledge, 1998. - P. 71. - ISBN 90-5699-582-0 .

[6] Deuxième Recensement Genéral de la Population et de l'Habitat (Fr.) (link unavailable) . L'Institut national de la statistique, des études économiques et démographiques (INSEED). Date of treatment November 7, 2017. Archived November 18, 2017.