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Mayo Kebbi Est Region

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Country
  
Chad

Sub-prefectures
  
18

Administrative center
  
Bongor

Departments
  
4

Regional capital
  
Bongor

Population
  
774,782 (2009)

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Mayo-Kebbi Est is one of the 23 regions of Chad and its capital is Bongor. It is composed by part of the former prefecture of Mayo-Kebbi (sub-prefectures of Bongor, Fianga and Gounou Gaya).

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Subdivisions

The region of Mayo-Kebbi East is divided into four departments:

Demography

The region's population had 495,339 inhabitants in 1993 and 774,782 in the 2009 census.

The main ethnolinguistic groups are the Moussey, the Massa, the Tupuri, the Marba, the Kera, the Musgum and the Kim (Kim, Éré, Kolobo, Djoumane).

Economy

Agriculture, fishery.

References

Mayo-Kebbi Est Region Wikipedia