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N'Djamenaformerly Fort-LamyCity (pop., 1993: metro. area, 530,965), capital of Chad. It lies adjacent to Cameroon on the eastern bank of the Chari River, where it joins the Logone River. Founded in 1900 as Fort-Lamy, it remained a small settlement until after Chad's independence in 1960. In 1973 its name was changed to N'Djamena. It was occupied by Libyan forces in 1980–81 during the civil war that began in the 1960s. It is an important marketplace for cotton, cattle, and fish. It is the site of the nation's only university, the University of Chad (founded 1971). Ndjamena, N'djamena the capital of Chad, in the southwest, at the confluence of the Shari and Logone Rivers: trading centre for livestock. Pop.: 866 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Specimens collected at the main slaughterhouse of N'Djamena, Chad, and specifications of the condemned carcasses Condemnation Organ/ n Entire Partial tissue Lymph nodes 116 17 99 Lungs 75 13 62 Lungs and lymph nodes 2 0 2 Liver 5 0 5 Miliary tuberculosis 1 0 1 Total 199 30 169 Breed Sex Organ/ Arab Mbororo Male Female tissue Lymph nodes 67 49 8 108 Lungs 51 24 1 74 Lungs and lymph nodes 2 0 0 2 Liver 4 1 0 5 Miliary tuberculosis 0 1 0 1 Total 124 75 9 190 Mouanodji Mbaissouroum, a cardiologist in the central hospital at N'Djamena, Chad, told The Wall Street Journal that he writes many prescriptions for medicines to relieve hypertension that he knows will never be filled, either because the medicine isn't sold in Chad or because it is priced way beyond his patients' means. The AP also reported that a plane flying the same flight had been bombed on the ground in N'Djamena, Chad, in 1984. |
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