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Fort-Lamy

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fort-Lamy see Ndjamena , Chad. Author not available, FORT-LAMY., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008... Read more
N'Djamena
formerly Fort-Lamy City (pop., 1993: metro. area, 530,965), capital of Chad. It lies adjacent...the Chari River , where it joins the Logone River . Founded in 1900 as Fort-Lamy, it remained a small settlement until after Chad's independence in 1960... Read more
Ndjamena
, formerly Fort-Lamy , city (1993 urban pop. 213,342), capital of Chad and of Chari-Baguirmi...grains. Meat processing is the chief industry. The city was founded as Fort-Lamy by the French in 1900. During a period of civil war in the 1960s the... Read more

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