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Republic of Chad
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Capital: N'Djamena
Total Area: 495,755.17 sq mi,1,284,000.00 sq km,(slightly more than three times the size of California)
Population: 8,707,078 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050: 33,261,731
Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara and Sango (in south), more than 100 different languages and dialects
Literacy: 48.1% total, 62.1% male, 34.7% female (1995 est.)
Religions: Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25%
Life Expectancy: 48.86 male, 52.98 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: republic
Currency: 1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
GDP (per capita): $1,000 (2000 est.)
Industry: cotton textiles, meat packing, beer brewing, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes, construction materials
Agriculture: cotton, sorghum, millet, peanuts, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca); cattle, sheep, goats, camels
Arable Land: 3%
Natural Resources: petroleum (unexploited but exploration under way), uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad)
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