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conventional long form: Republic
of Chad
conventional short form: Chad
local long form: Republique du Tchad
local short form: Tchad
Central Africa, south of Libya
total: 1.284 million sq km
land: 1,259,200 sq km
water: 24,800 sq km
9,538,544 (July 2004 est.)
French (official), Arabic (official),
Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
Chad's primarily agricultural economy
will continue to be boosted by major oilfield and pipeline projects
that began in 2000. Over 80% of Chad's population relies on
subsistence farming and stock raising for its livelihood. Cotton,
cattle, and gum arabic provide the bulk of Chad's export earnings,
but Chad will begin to export oil in 2004
oil, cotton textiles, meatpacking, beer
brewing, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes, construction
materials
cotton, cattle, gum arabic
machinery and transportation equipment,
industrial goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs, textiles
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