Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture

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This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. In 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.

Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti is most extensive of the 14 prefectures that Chad was divided into between 1960 and 1999. Since 2002 it is one of the 18 regions into which the country is divided. Its name is often abbreviated to BET.

Located in the north of the country, adjacent to Libya and bordered also by Niger and Sudan, Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti covers an area of 600,350 square kilometers, almost half the country. It has a population of 73,185 (as of 1993), partly nomadic and also in scattered small towns and other settlements. Its capital is Faya.

The three parts of the BET are:-

Bourkou, capital Faya-Largeau
Ennedi, capital Fada
Tibesti, capital Bardaï

Geography: Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti is located in the Sahara desert and extends into the Sahel. It contains diverse topography, ranging from the volcanic Tibesti Mountains to the Bodele Depression, a vast Holocene lakebed that is one of the Earth's strongest dust storm producing regions. Overall, the territory is extremely arid.