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Ouaddaï (Chad)

LC control no.n 79058111
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingOuaddaï (Chad)
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Geographic subdivision usageChad--Ouaddaï
Variant(s)Ouadaï (Chad)
Wadai (Chad)
Région du Ouaddat (Chad)
Minţaqah Waddāy (Chad)
See alsoSila (Chad : Region)
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Special noteOld catalog heading: Ouaddai, Chad
Note: Do not confuse with Wadai (Sultanate), an independent kingdom until 1912 in present day Chad; it covered roughly the same area as the préfecture Quaddai and shd. have been supplied for work cat. above; cf. n92-44123: eb16.
Found inBjørkelo, A. J. State and society in three Central Sudanic kingdoms, 1976 (subj.) t.p. (Wadai)
BGN 2/21/79 (Préfecture du Ouaddai [Ouaddai=brief]; adm. div. 13°00ʹN 21°00ʹE; variants: Ouadai, Ouadaï, Ouaddaï region; Région du Ouaddaï; Wadai)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (unknown; 13°00ʹ00ʺN 021°00ʹ00ʺE)
Wikipedia, April 6, 2017 (Ouaddaï is one of the 23 regions of Chad and its capital is Abéché. It was created in 2002 from the former Ouaddaï Prefecture. In 2008, a portion of the Ouaddaï region (Sila Department and Djourf Al Ahmar Department) was split off to become the new Sila Region)
GEOnet, April 6, 2017 (Ouaddaï (approved), Ouadaï (variant), Wadai (variant); Chad; region; 13°00'00" N, 021°00'00" E)
GEOnet, April 6, 2017 (Ouaddaï (approved), Région du Ouaddaï (approved); variants: Région du Ouadaï, Préfecture du Ouaddaï, Région du Ouaddat, Minţaqah Waddāy; Chad; 1st-order admin. div.; 13°30'00" N, 021°15'00" E)
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