Chad

About Chad

Chad is a country in Central Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Chad. In Arabic, the name is written تشاد, and the capital نجامينا. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Chad is N'Djamena. Chad has 2 official languages: Arabic and French. Its currency is the Central African CFA Franc, with the symbol ⁨Fr⁩ and the international code XAF. 5 other countries use the same currency, including the Central African Republic, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo.

Chad covers about 1,284,000 square kilometres, which puts it 20th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 6 neighbours: Sudan, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, the Central African Republic, and Cameroon. The largest of these neighbours by area is Sudan. Other countries in Central Africa include the DR Congo, Angola, and South Sudan. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flag of Romania, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Chad with the other countries of the same region.