Ouaddaï

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Ouaddaï is an eastern region of Chad known historically as the center of the former Wadai Sultanate and for its strategic location near the Sudanese border.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ouaddaï canonical 5
Ouaddaï region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
city ⓘ
historical sultanate ⓘ
region of Chad ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeLevel first-level administrative division of Chad ⓘ
borderFunction cross-border trade corridor with Sudan ⓘ
bordersCountry Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
borderType international land border with Sudan ⓘ
capital Abéché ⓘ
Abéché ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
country Chad ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
countrySubdivisionOf Chad ⓘ
economy agropastoral ⓘ
formerStatus core territory of Wadai Sultanate ⓘ
hasBorderWith Darfur region of Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Darfur region

Salamat Region ⓘ
Sila Region ⓘ
Wadi Fira Region ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Arab communities ⓘ
linked to: Arabs

non-Arab Sahelian groups ⓘ
historicalEvent French colonial conquest of Wadai Sultanate in early 20th century ⓘ
historicalRole center of the former Wadai Sultanate ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
Chadian Arabic ⓘ
local African languages ⓘ
locatedIn Ouaddaï ⓘ
Ouaddaï ⓘ
Ouaddaï ⓘ
eastern Chad ⓘ
namedAfter Wadai Sultanate ⓘ
notableCity Abéché ⓘ
notableTown Adré ⓘ
partOf Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel
postColonialStatus region within independent Chad ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
strategicLocation near Sudanese border ⓘ
terrain Sahelian plains ⓘ
some plateaus and wadis ⓘ
timeZone UTC+1 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maban languages → geographicDistribution → Ouaddaï region ⓘ
linked to: Ouaddaï
Abéché → locatedIn → Ouaddaï ⓘ
subject linked to: Ouaddaï
Wadai Sultanate → locatedIn → Ouaddaï ⓘ
subject linked to: Ouaddaï
Adré → locatedIn → Ouaddaï ⓘ
subject linked to: Ouaddaï