Logone Oriental (prefecture)

Logone Oriental Prefecture
Préfecture du Logone Oriental
Prefecture of Chad
1962–1999
Flag of Logone Oriental

CapitalDoba
Area
 • Coordinates8°39′N 16°51′E / 8.650°N 16.850°E / 8.650; 16.850
 
• 1993
28,035 km2 (10,824 sq mi)
Population 
• 1993
441,064
 • TypePrefecture
Historical eraCold War
• Established[1]
9 January 1962
• Disestablished[1]
1 September 1999
Political subdivisionsSub-prefectures (1993)[2]
  • Baïbokoum
  • Bébédjia
  • Doba
  • Goré
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Logone Prefecture
Logone Oriental Department
Monts de Lam Department
Area and population source:[1]

Logone Oriental was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the southwest of the country, Logone Oriental covered an area of 28,035 square kilometers and had a population of 441,064 in 1993. Its capital was Doba.

  1. ^ a b c "Administrative Divisions of Countries: Regions of Chad". www.statoids.com.
  2. ^ "Administrative Divisions of Countries: Departments of Chad". www.statoids.com.