- Population
- 19.3M
- Area
- 1,284,000 km²
- Languages
- French, Arabic
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
- Drives on the
- Right
- Domain
- .td
- Calling code
- +235
Why it sticks
- 1
Named after Lake Chad, which has shrunk by about 90% since the 1960s.
- 2
Its blue-yellow-red flag is almost identical to Romania's; only the shade of blue differs.
- 3
Emi Koussi in the Tibesti Mountains is the highest point of the Sahara at 3,415 m.
- 4
The 7-million-year-old skull 'Toumaï', one of the oldest known human relatives, was found here in 2001.
GeoGuessr
GeoGuessr coverage: Unofficial coverage- Signs in French and Arabic; mostly flat Sahel and desert.
- If you see a blue-yellow-red vertical tricolour in Africa, it is not Romania.
- Tibesti mountain crags in the north and sandstone arches on the Ennedi Plateau.
Coverage types
- GeoGuessr coverage: OfficialGoogle Street View in the official GeoGuessr maps
- GeoGuessr coverage: LimitedOnly a few cities or trekker routes
- GeoGuessr coverage: UnofficialUser photospheres only, not in official maps
- GeoGuessr coverage: NoneNo usable Street View coverage