Bahr el Gazel (region of Chad)

Not to be confused with Bahr el Ghazal (region of South Sudan).
بحر الغزال
Barh El Gazel
  • منطقة بحر الغزال (Arabic)
  • Région du Barh El Gazel (French)
Barh El Gazal
Bahr el Gazel
Region
Moussoro, the capital of Bahr el Gazel
Moussoro, the capital of Bahr el Gazel
Map of Chad showing Barh El Gazel.
Map of Chad showing Barh El Gazel.
Coordinates: 13°38′35″N 16°29′31″E / 13.64306°N 16.49194°E / 13.64306; 16.49194
CountryChad
Departments2
Sub-prefectures7
Region as of2008
Regional capitalMoussoro
Government
 • GouverneurMahamat Nasser Hassan (2010)[1]
Population
 (2009)[2]
 • Total
260,865
ISO 3166 codeTD-BG[3]

Barh El Gazel[1][4][5][6][7][8] (Arabic: منطقة بحر الغزال, French: Région du Barh El Gazel)[7] is one of the 23 regions of Chad. The region's name may also be written as Barh El Gazal[2] or Bahr el Gazel.[3] Its capital is the town of Moussoro.[6] The region was created in 2008 from the former Barh El Gazel Department of the Kanem Region.[9]

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