Chad

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Duncan's Contribution's- Rather the explaining, I've decided to just make everything i wrote the color red. I also was the one who put the music together and moved my groups various pictures into the right spots because they were mostly in the wrong spots. And I added the google maps map, plus the bibliography. This was a very cool project, but I would like it more if everyone could work alone. Mackenzie's Contributions- I think duncans idea is good, so i'm gonna go by it too. my color will be a teal. 

**Statistics** National name: République du Tchad President: Idriss Déby Prime Minister: Youssouf Saleh Abbas Languages: French, Arabic National Holiday: Independence Day, August 11 Religions: Islam 51%, Christian 35%, animist 7%, other 7% Literacy rate: 25.7% (2006 est.) Mobile Phones: 210,000 (2005). Television broadcast stations: 1 Internet users: 35,000  Airports: 52

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 Chad borders Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, Camerron, Nigeria, and Niger. The country is far from the sea and has a desert climate, giving it it's nickname, "The Dead Heart of Africa". Chad covers only 17,806 km² (6,875 sq mi)!. Each year a intertropical front crosses through bringing a little wet season but usually Chad is full of drought.

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">This picture is in the Sahara Desert, a part of Chad.

<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">History: Traditionally, the region around Lake Chad was a focal point for trans-Saharan trade routes. Arab traders penetrated the area in the 7th cent. A.D. Shortly thereafter, nomads from North Africa, probably related to the Toubou, entered the region. They eventually established the state of Kanem, which reached its zenith in the 13th cent. Prehistoric rock engravings and paintings can be found in northern Chad, dating from between 5000–2000 BC. As early as the 8th century AD, Arabs entered from the north. Their records tell of the existence of African empires like Kanem, Bornu, Baguirmi, and Ouaddai, between the 9th and 16th centuries. By the end of the 19th century, many small states south of Lake Chad became vassals of the northern sultanates, which conducted a great slave trade.

Economy: the economy of chad was estimated to grow approximately .6% in the year 2000, and this year it has plummeted along with the rest of the world's money market. I can't find exactly how much, but here you go people. By the way, this is supposed to be teal.

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Government: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chads government is republic, and the presidents name is Idriss Deby. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="[<param] name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed src="[]" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"> -mackenziemedia type="youtube" key="ocWGHNh3N0U" height="344" width="425"

<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Religion: <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">Islam 51%, Christian 35%, Animist 7%, Other 7% <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> Chad is divided by 22 religions: <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> Christianity arrived in Chad from the French and has since then spread widely. Three religious traditions coexist in Chad-classical African religions, Islam, and Christianity. None is monolithic.
 * # <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Barh El Gazel]
 * 1) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Batha]
 * 2) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Borkou]
 * 3) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Chari-Baguirmi]
 * 4) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Ennedi]
 * 5) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Guéra]
 * 6) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Hadjer-Lamis]
 * 7) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Kanem]
 * 8) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Lac]
 * 9) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Logone Occidental]
 * 10) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Logone Oriental] || # <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Mandoul]
 * 11) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Mayo-Kebbi Est]
 * 12) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Mayo-Kebbi Ouest]
 * 13) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Moyen-Chari]
 * 14) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Ouaddaï]
 * 15) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Salamat]
 * 16) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Sila]
 * 17) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Tandjilé]
 * 18) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Tibesti]
 * 19) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|Wadi Fira]
 * 20) <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[|N'Djamena] ||

<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Culture: <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> Chad has a very cultural heritage due to it's many religions and/or languages. Some very popular instruments played there is the kinde, which is like a bow harp, and the kakaki, which is a long tin horn. The main food in Chad is millet which is used to make paste, normally dipped in various sauces. Literature in Chad suffers from the economic and political problems of the country, as do the authors of the literature. Chad movies have suffered majorly from civil wars, and lack of theaters, and the most popular sport is of course football(soccer). Chad is a vast, diverse African country gaining independence from France in 1960 after a sixty-year rule that did not help make a national unity. Within the country's borders you can make out several national cultures that are based on the ethnoregional and religious affiliations of the population groups.



<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Social Problems: <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chad has many social problems. They include widespread poverty, ** <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">displacement of people, ethnic and social group tensions, poor education and health care, and the orphans and broken families that have resulted from the devastating civil conflicts. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> The country is full of insecurity, only reinforced by wea pons! There is many road robberies, and burgelries, which many young men from civil groups are notorious for. The goverment also has no hold on many people who don't pay their taxes. The last huge problem, and probably the most underestimated, is the increasing environmental damage, most notably the decreasing forests.
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Chad was "touted" by many for having a model oil program when the central African country began exporting oil in October 2003. Two-thirds of it went to projects that would improve living standards in one of the world's poorest countries. The oil revenue law, a law the parliament passed in 1999, required that 10 percent of oil proceeds go to a savings fund to be used when Chad's oil are used up. It also set up a board of government and nongovernment officials to independently verify where the money went. These safeguards were supposed to help Chad improve the income, life expectancy and education of its 8.8 million people. Unfortunately, this country of 8 million moved down eight positions to 173 from the 177 countries last year on the U.N.'s human development index.

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