Bahr el Gazel Department

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Bahr el Gazel (Arabic: بحر الغزال, French: Barh El Gazel[1][2][3]) was formerly a department in the Kanem Region of Chad.

In 2008 the former department was split from Kanem to become a new region of the same name.[4]

The capital of the former department and new region is Moussoro.[5]

Sub-divisions

The department was divided into six sub-prefectures:

See also

References
  1. "Regions and departments of Chad (list and maps)". United Nations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  2. "Décret 11-530 2011-06-01 PR/PM/MCD/11: Décret fixant le nombre des conseillers municipaux des Communes chefs-leix des Régions et des Départements" [Decree fixing the number of municipal councilors of main towns of Regions and of Departments]. Government of Chad. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017.
  3. "List provisoire des candidats aux elections legislatives" [Provisional list of candidates for legislative elections] (PDF). Republique du Tchad - Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI; National Independent Electoral Commission). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-07.
  4. "Ordonnance n° 002/PR/08 portant restructuration de certaines collectivités territoriales décentralisées" [Ordinance No. 002/PR/08 on restructuring]. Government of Chad. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  5. "Chad Departments". www.statoids.com. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-09-27.



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