Kanem (prefecture)

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Kanem Prefecture

Préfecture du Kanem

Prefecture of Chad
1960–1999

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Capital| Mao
Area|
• Coordinates| 14°07′N 15°18′E﻿ / ﻿14.117°N 15.300°E﻿ / 14.117; 15.300

• 1960

| 150,000 km2 (58,000 sq mi)

• 1993

| 114,520 km2 (44,220 sq mi)
Population|

• 1960

| 215,133

• 1993

| 279,927
• Type| Prefecture
Historical era| Cold War

• Established[1]

| 13 February 1960

• Separation of Lac Prefecture[1]

| 29 October 1962

• Disestablished[1]

| 1 September 1999
Political subdivisions| Sub-prefectures (1993)[2]

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* Mao
* Moussoro
* Nokou

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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|  | Kanem Region

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| Lac Prefecture |

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Kanem Department |
Bahr el Gazel Department |
Area and population source:[1]

Kanem was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the west of the country, Kanem covered an area of 114,520 square kilometers and had a population of 279,927 in 1993. Its capital was Mao.

## See also

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* Regions of Chad

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Administrative Divisions of Countries: Regions of Chad". www.statoids.com.
2. ^ "Administrative Divisions of Countries: Departments of Chad". www.statoids.com.

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