Goz beida

Goz beida
	City
Goz beida
	fr Goz beïda
A country	Chad
Region	Strength
Department	Kimichi
History and geography
Center height	553 m
Timezone	UTC +1
Population
Population	66 107 people ( 2009 )

Goz-Beida ^[1] ^[2] ( fr. Goz Beïda ) is a city and a sub-prefecture in Chad , located in the Sila region. It is also the administrative center of the region and the department of .

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Geographical position

The city is located in the southeastern part of Chad, east of the Hadger-Arkop ridge, at an altitude of 553 meters above sea level ^[3] . Goz Beida is located approximately 680 kilometers east of the capital, N'Djamena .

Climate

The city's climate is characterized as semi-desert hot ( BSh in the Köppen climate classification ). The average annual temperature is 27.3 ° C. The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is 24.2 ° C, the hottest month (May) is 30.9 ° C. The estimated multi-year rainfall is 606 mm. During the year, the amount of precipitation is unevenly distributed, the bulk of them falling between May and October. The greatest amount of precipitation falls in August (214 mm) ^[4] .

Population

According to the official census of 2009, the population of Goz-Beida was 66,107 people (32,441 men and 33,666 women). Children under the age of 15 accounted for 55.4% of the total number of inhabitants of the sub-prefecture ^[5] .

Transportation

To the east of Goz Beida, the airport is located ( ICAO : FTTG) ^[3] .

Notes

↑ Chad. Reference Map (scale 1: 2 500 000). - GUKG, 1982
↑ Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries . - 3rd ed. reclaiming and additional .. - M .: Nedra, 1986. - 459 p.
↑ ¹ ² Goz Beida, Chad Page (eng.) . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. The date of circulation is November 10, 2017.
↑ Climate: Goz Beida (English) . Climate-Data.org. The date of circulation is November 10, 2017.
↑ Deuxième Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (fr.) (Not available link) . Institut national de la statistique, des études économiques et démographiques (INSEED). The date of circulation is November 10, 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. reclaiming and additional .. - M .: Nedra, 1986. - 459 p.

[fallingrain-3] ¹ ² Goz Beida, Chad Page (eng.) . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. The date of circulation is November 10, 2017.

[4] Climate: Goz Beida (English) . Climate-Data.org. The date of circulation is November 10, 2017.

[5] Deuxième Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat (fr.) (Not available link) . Institut national de la statistique, des études économiques et démographiques (INSEED). The date of circulation is November 10, 2017. Archived November 18, 2017.