Chad

Colonized by:France
Natural Resources: petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt
Per Capita Income: $1,600 (2007 est.)
Language: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
Literacy Rate:
total population: 47.5%
male: 56%
female: 39.3% (2003 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
total: 100.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 106.48 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 94 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Life Span:
total population: 47.43 years
male: 46.4 years
female: 48.5 years (2008 est.)
Language:
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
Ethnic Groups:
Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3% (1993 census)
Money: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States
3 Continued Influences:Legal system: based on French civil law system, Money:Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States,Language:French