Ennedi (region)

17°11′N 21°35′E / 17.183°N 21.583°E / 17.183; 21.583

Ennedi
Map of Chad showing the former region of Ennedi.
Map of Chad showing the former region of Ennedi.
CountryChad
Departments2
Sub-prefectures10
Created2008
Dissolved4 September 2012
Regional capitalFada
Government
 • GovernorMahamat Saleh Brahim (2010)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total173,606

Ennedi Region was a former region of Chad. It was created in 2008 from the Ennedi Est Department and Ennedi Ouest Department of the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region. The capital of the Ennedi region was Fada. In 2012 it was split into two new regions: the department of Wadi Hawar became Ennedi-Est Region and the department of Ennedi became Ennedi-Ouest Region.

Per the census of 2009, the population of the region was 173,606, 45.20 per cent female. The total number of households was 24,784: 23,977 in rural areas and 807 in urban areas. The number of nomads in the region was 27,759, 7.20 per cent of the population. The sex ratio was 121.00 females for every hundred males.