Guéra Region

Guéra
—  Region  —
Map of Chad showing Guéra.
Country Chad
Regional capital Mongo

Guéra is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Mongo. It is formed by the former Guéra Prefecture

Subdivisions

The region of Guéra is divided in 2 departments:

Department Capital Sub-prefectures
Guéra Mongo Bang Bang, Baro, Bitkine, Mangalmé, Mongo, Niergui
Barh Signaka Melfi Chinguil, Melfi, Mokofi

Demography

The region's has a population of 306,653 (1993), of which 263,843 are sedentary (rural, 219,884; urban, 43,959), and 42,810 nomadic.

The main ethnico-linguistic groups are the Hadjerai (66,18 %) and the Arabs (21,11 %).