Faya-Largeau

Faya-Largeau
فايا لارجو
Faya-Largeau Airport
Faya-Largeau is located in Chad
Faya-Largeau
Faya-Largeau
Location in Chad (Borkou Region highlighted)
Coordinates: 17°55′01″N 19°7′0″E / 17.91694°N 19.11667°E / 17.91694; 19.11667
Country Chad
RegionBorkou (since 2008)
DepartmentBorkou
Sub-PrefectureFaya-Largeau
Elevation
245 m (804 ft)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total48,090
Time zone+1

Faya-Largeau[2] (also known as Faya,[3] Arabic: فايا لارجو or فايا) is the largest city in northern Chad and was the capital of the region of Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti.[4] It is now in the Borkou Region, which was formed in 2008 from the Borkou Department of the former Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region.

  1. ^ "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11.
  2. ^ Atlas of the World (Eighth ed.). Washington, D.C., United States: National Geographic Society. 2005.
  3. ^ "Faya". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
  4. ^ "Circonscriptions administrative" (PDF). Archive du Ministère de l’Administration du territoire. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2007-01-01.