{"id":3609,"date":"2014-06-27T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/chad\/?page_id=3609"},"modified":"2014-06-27T18:00:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T18:00:12","slug":"ndjamena-city","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/chad\/ndjamena-city\/","title":{"rendered":"N\u2019Djamena City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Location<\/strong><\/p>\n

N\u2019Djamena is the capital and largest city of Chad. N\u2019Djamena is a port on the Chari River near the confluence with the Logone River. It is adjacent to Cameroon to which it is connected by a bridge.<\/p>\n

History of N\u2019Djamena<\/strong><\/p>\n

N’djamena is a French word meaning \u201cplace of rest.\u201d N\u2019Djamena City was founded in 1900 across the Chari River from Fort-Fureau where French colonial troops defeated and killed the Sudanese adventurer R\u0101bi\u1e25 az-Zubayr. 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\u2019s independence in 1960. Its name was changed to N\u2019Djamena in 1973, and the city was occupied by Libyan forces in 1980\u201381 during the civil war that had begun in the mid-1960s.<\/p>\n

Population<\/strong><\/p>\n

N\u2019Djamena has an estimated population of about 1 million people.<\/p>\n

Mayors of N\u2019Djamena<\/strong><\/p>\n

Djimet Ibet became the first elected mayor of N\u2019Djamena City in 2012. He was however suspended from office on charges of corruption. Since then Mrs. Itir Deby has been the acting mayor of the city. All former mayors of the city were presidentially appointed.<\/p>\n

Attractions in N\u2019Djamena<\/strong><\/p>\n