Popular locations in Chad

Location: Central Africa, south of Libya

Population: 9,885,661 (July 2007 est.)

Religions: Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)

Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects

National holiday: Independence Day, 11 August (1960)

Currency (code): Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States

Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 480.1 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003)