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Guéra Prefecture

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1960–1999
  

Government
  
Prefecture

Established
  
13 February 1960

Capital
  
Mongo

Historical era
  
Cold War

Disestablished
  
1 September 1999

Guéra Prefecture

This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.

Guéra was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Its capital was Mongo. Located in the south of the country, Guéra covered an area of 58,950 square kilometers and had a population of 306,253 in 1993, of which 263,843 were sedentary (rural: 219,884; urban: 43,959) and 42,810 were nomadic. The predominant ethno-linguistic groups were the Hadjerai (66.18%) and the Arabs (21.11%).

References

Guéra Prefecture Wikipedia