Mandoul Region

Mandoul

ماندول
Mandoul ماندول
Region
	Map of Chad showing Mandoul.
Country	Chad
Departments	3
Sub-prefectures	15
Regional capital	Koumra
Population (2009)
• Total	628,065

8°54′36″N 17°33′00″E / 8.91000°N 17.55000°E / 8.91000; 17.55000

Mandoul (Arabic: ماندول) is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Located in the south of the country, it comprises part of the former prefecture of Moyen-Chari. The regional capital is Koumra.

Geography

The region borders Tandjilé Region to the north-west, Moyen-Chari Region to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, and Logone Oriental Region to the west.

Settlements

Koumra the regional capital; other major settlements include Bébopen, Béboro, Bédaya, Bédjondo, Békamba, Békourou, Béssada, Bouna, Dembo, Goundi, Moïssala, Mouroum Goulaye, Ngangara and Peni.^[2]

Demography

The population of Mandoul is 628,065 inhabitants, as per the Chadian census of 2009.^[1] The main ethnolinguistic groups are the Day, Doba peoples (speaking the closely related Bedjond, Mango and Gor languages), Gulay, Lutos, Mbay, Ndam, Sara and Tumak.^[3]

Economy

The main products are subsistence agriculture and cotton.^{[citation needed]}

Subdivisions

The region of Mandoul is divided into three departments:

Department	Capital (chef-lieu)	Sub-prefectures
Mandoul Occidental	Bédjondo	Bédjondo, Bébopen, Békamba, Peni
Mandoul Oriental	Koumra	Koumra, Bessada, Bédaya, Goundi, Ngangara, Mouroum Goulaye
Barh Sara	Moïssala	Moïssala, Beboro, Bekourou, Bouna, Dembo

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Tchad - Région de Mandoul, Carte de référence (07 septembre 2018)" (PDF). Reliefweb. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
^ "Languages of Chad". Ethnologue. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

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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.

[2] "Tchad - Région de Mandoul, Carte de référence (07 septembre 2018)" (PDF). Reliefweb. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[3] "Languages of Chad". Ethnologue. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

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