BET Prefecture

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BET Prefecture was a former administrative region in northern Chad encompassing much of the country’s arid Saharan territory, including key strategic and sparsely populated desert areas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
BET Prefecture canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division ⓘ
prefecture of Chad ⓘ
administrativeCenter Faya-Largeau ⓘ
areaCharacteristic low population ⓘ
vast territory ⓘ
bordersCountry Libya ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
bordersRegion Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region ⓘ
borderType international land borders ⓘ
capital Faya-Largeau ⓘ
climate hyper-arid ⓘ
contains Borkou region ⓘ
linked to: Borkou Region

Ennedi region ⓘ
linked to: Ennedi

Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
Tibesti region ⓘ
linked to: Tibesti Region
country Chad ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType prefecture ⓘ
economicActivity limited pastoralism ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ
geopoliticalRole control of northern Chad ⓘ
frontier zone with Libya ⓘ
historicalSignificance administration of northern desert regions of Chad ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
locatedIn Sahara Desert ⓘ
northern Chad ⓘ
locatedOn Saharan plateau ⓘ
partOf Republic of Chad ⓘ
linked to: Chad
partOfHistoricalEntity former prefecture system of Chad ⓘ
populationDensity sparsely populated ⓘ
status abolished ⓘ
strategicImportance high ⓘ
strategicReason border with Libya ⓘ
control of Saharan routes ⓘ
terrain arid desert ⓘ
mountainous areas ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

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

First Chadian Civil War → regionInvolved → BET Prefecture ⓘ