Chad

Republic of Chad · تشاد · Tchad

Chad (TD, TCD) is a country in Middle Africa, with N'Djamena as its capital. The currency is the Central African CFA Franc (XAF, FCFA). The international dialling code is +235; mobile numbers are written like 63 01 23 45. The time zone is Africa/Ndjamena. Official languages: Arabic and French.

CurrencyXAFFCFA

Dial code+235e.g. 63 01 23 45

Time zoneNdjamenaUTC+01:00

LanguageArabic+1 more

CapitalN'Djamena

Population19.1M1.3M km²

Overview

Official name: Republic of Chad
Native name: تشاد · Tchad
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: TD
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: TCD
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 148
IOC code: CHA
Demonym: Chadian
Capital: N'Djamena
Region: Africa › Middle Africa
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Middle Africa
United Nations
Internet domain: .td
Coordinates: 15, 19
Area: 1,284,000 km²
Population: 19,093,600
GDP: $32.5B ($1.7K per person)
Literacy: 35.4%
Landlocked: Yes
Land borders: 🇨🇲 Cameroon
🇨🇫 Central African Republic
🇱🇾 Libya
🇳🇪 Niger
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇸🇩 Sudan

Currency

Central African CFA Franc XAF

Symbol: FCFA
Minor units: None (0 decimals)
Example: ‏١٬٢٣٥ FCFA

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population	Writing
Arabic ar	Official	17% (3.2M)
French fr	Official	13% (2.5M)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Africa/Ndjamena		UTC+01:00	none	West Africa Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +235
Dial-out prefix: 00|16 preferred 00
Trunk prefix: none
National number length: 8 digits
Emergency number: 17 pattern 1[78]

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	22 50 12 34	+235 22 50 12 34	XX XX XX XX	8
Mobile	63 01 23 45	+235 63 01 23 45	XX XX XX XX	8

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Show the 1 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})`	`[236-9]`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`

Address and postal code

No address data.

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Monday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 12-hour (1–12), also H, hB
Calendars: gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: ar-TD
fr-TD

Number and date formats

As written by the Arabic (Chad) locale (ar-TD), amounts in XAF.

Number: ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١
Percent: ٤٥٫٧٪؜
Currency (XAF): ‏١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٨ FCFA
Accounting: ؜-‏١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٨ FCFA
Currency, name: ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٨ فرنك وسط أفريقي
Compact short: ١٫٢ مليون
Compact long: ١٫٢ مليون
Scientific: ١٫٢٣٥أس٦
Speed: ٨٨ كيلومتر في الساعة
Temperature: ٢١٫٥°م
Date, full: الجمعة، ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
Date, long: ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
Date, medium: ٢٧‏/٠٣‏/٢٠٢٦
Date, short: ٢٧‏/٣‏/٢٠٢٦
Time, medium: ٣:٠٤:٠٥ م
Time, short: ٣:٠٤ م
Date and time: ٢٧‏/٠٣‏/٢٠٢٦، ٣:٠٤ م
Month and year: مارس ٢٠٢٦
Weekday: الجمعة
Relative time: أمس · خلال ٣ أيام · قبل ساعتين
List: and: A وB وC
List: or: A أو B أو C