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Chad was a part of the French colonial empire from 1900 to 1960. Colonial rule under the French began in 1900 when the Military Territory of Chad was established. From 1905, Chad was linked to the federation of French colonial possessions in Middle Africa, known from 1910 under the name of French Equatorial Africa.
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Coordinates: 12.125454°N 15.077433°E The Chad National Museum ( French: Musée National du Tchad) is the national museum of Chad. Since November 2010, the national heritage has been highlighted in modern premises opposite the Palace of January 15, seat of the National Assembly, and next to an identical building housing the National Library.
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Aryeh Lourie who was the chargé d'affaires at the Israeli embassy, told of a Jewish man of Persian descent who had served as a muezzin, in N'Djamena, formerly known as Fort Lamy. The latest.
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Following the military victory, the French named the settlement Fort Lamy after Amédée-François Lamy, a French army officer, who died in the battle. Located at the convergence of the Logone and Chari rivers, N'Djamena is close to Chad's border with Cameroon and 50 miles south of Lake Chad. In 2002 an estimated 600,000 people resided in N'Djamena.
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Chad was linked in 1905 with three French colonies to the south- Ubangi-Chari, Moyen-Congo (present-day Congo), and Gabon. But Chad did not receive separate colony status or a unified.
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History of N'Djamena. N'Djamena, founded in 1900 by French colonizers on the east bank of the Chari River, was initially known as Fort-Lamy after their gala leader - General Amedee-Francois Lamy. The town quickly turned into an important administrative center for the French, and during World War II, it served as a headquarters for Free.
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It was named Fort-Lamy after a French major who also died in the battle, and it remained a small Kotoko settlement until after Chad's independence in 1960. Its name was changed to N'Djamena in 1973, and the city was occupied by Libyan forces in 1980-81 during the civil war that had begun in the mid-1960s.
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The city was founded as Fort-Lamy by the French in 1900 as a major trading and supply center. 13 years after independence Chad's first president changed the city's name to N'Djamena (in 1973). The map shows a city map of N'Djamena with expressways, main roads and streets, and the location of N'Djamena International Airport ( IATA code : NDJ.
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People on horseback in Fort Lamy, Chad N'Djamena (pron. en-jah-may-nah) is the capital of Chad. It is by far the country's largest city, with a population of 1 million people. It lies directly on the border of Cameroon, and is on the confluence of the Chari and Logone rivers.
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The battle saw the defeat of the Sudanese warrior Rabih az-Zubayr, who had occupied lands east of Lake Chad. The name Fort-Lamy was chosen in recognition of a French colonial officer who died in the fighting. The Kotoko settlement remained largely unchanged until Chad won independence in 1960. In 1973 it was re-named N'Djaména and from 1980.
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Fort-Lamy was made part of a French colony in 1910. Fort-Lamy remained a small village until Chad became an independent country in 1960. The city then grew as the country's capital. In 1973 the city was renamed N'Djamena. Rebel groups began fighting the government of Chad in the mid-1960s, and at times N'Djamena was the site of heavy.
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On this day in 1900, the capital of the African Republic of Chad was founded. Today, the city is called N'Djamena, but from the time it was founded up until 1973 it was called Fort-Lamy. It was originally named after the French officer Amédée-François Lamy, who heroically died in a battle that took place only a month before the founding of.
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Fort Lamy became the capital of the independent Republic of Chad on August 11, 1960, when the country gained independence from France. The city was renamed N'Djamena in 1973 during the rule of President Francois Tombalbaye. The name "N'Djamena" comes from the Arab name of a nearby village, "Nijamina," meaning "place of rest."
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United Nations food was sent to Fort-Lamy in southwestern Chad for overland delivery, but heavy seasonal rain made roads impassable and the government of Chad asked the U.S. embassy at Fort-Lamy for an airlift. The Agency for International Development provided financial sponsorship for Operation Chad.
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N'Djamena, previously known as Fort Lamy, was founded on May 29, 1900. N'Djamena is the largest and capital city of Chad. Previously called the Fort Lamy, N'Djamena was established over a century ago by the French and on April 6, 1973, the president renamed the city to N'Djamena.