Country Chad Sub-prefectures 23 Population 796,453 (2009) | Departments 6 Regional capital Doba Administrative center Doba, Chad | |
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Logone Oriental is one of the 23 regions of Chad and its capital is Doba. It is composed by the former Logone Oriental Prefecture.
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Map of Logone Oriental, Chad
Subdivisions
The region of Logone Oriental is divided in six departments:
Demography
The region's population had 440,342 inhabitants in 1993. The 2009 census reported a population of 779,339.
The main ethnolinguistic group is the Ngambay, who represent more than 50% of the territory's population. Other important groups are the Gor, the Mboum, the Goulay.
Economy
Subsistence agriculture, cotton, oil.
References
Logone Oriental Region Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA