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Ndjamena (ənjä`mānä), formerly Fort-Lamy (fôr-lämē`), city (1993 urban pop. 213,342), capital of Chad and of Chari-Baguirmi prefecture, SW Chad. It is a port on the Chari River and a transportation hub that lies on roads leading to Nigeria, Sudan, and the Central African Republic. Ndjamena is primarily an administrative center. It is also a major regional market for livestock, salt, dates, and grains. Meat processing is the chief industry. The city was founded as Fort-Lamy by the French in 1900. During a period of civil war in the 1960s the town was occupied by Libyan forces. Its name was changed to Ndjamena in 1973. The city has schools of administration and veterinary medicine and an international airport. 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.) |
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But the real essence of the 2006 Vancouver meeting came to light when, for example, Ghulam Sakhi Noorzad, Mayor of Kabul, Afghanistan, said he had been able to discuss neighbourhood problems in Arabic with his counterpart from Ndjamena, Chad. Service becomes daily in June with flights via Ndjamena and Bamako. Of the two case-patients, one soldier did not leave NDjamena during his 3-month tour of duty, whereas the other had been in contact with livestock in a flooded area before onset of symptoms. |
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