Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region

9°21′48″N 14°54′36″E

Mayo-Kebbi Ouest مايو كيبي الغربية
Region
Map of Chad showing Mayo-Kebbi Ouest.
Country	Chad
Departments	2
Sub-prefectures	8
Regional capital	Pala
Population  (2009)[1]
• Total	564,470

Mayo-Kebbi Ouest (Arabic: مايو كيبي الغربية) is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is Pala. It is composed of the southern areas of the former prefecture of Mayo-Kebbi (sub-prefectures of Pala and Léré).

Geography

The region borders Mayo-Kebbi Est Region to the north-east, Tandjilé Region to the east, Logone Occidental Region to the south-east, and Cameroon to the west and north-west. The Mayo Kébbi river flows through the north the region, with Lake Léré and the smaller Lake Tréné located in the north-west.[2]

Settlements

Palais the regional capital; other major settlements include Binder, Guégou, Lagon, Lamé, Léré and Torrock.[3]

Demographics

As per the 2009 Chadian census, the region had 564,470 inhabitants.[1] The main ethnolinguistic groups are the Fula, Gidar, Mangbai, Mundang, Ngeté-Herdé peoples, Peve, Sara groups such as the Ngambay, and Tupuri.[4]

Subdivisions

The region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest is divided into four departments:

Department	Capital	Sub-prefectures
El-Ouaya	Lagon	Lagon, Bissi-Mafou, Guelo, Guetalet
Lac Léré	Léré [fr]	Binder, Guégou, Lagon, Léré
Mayo-Binder	Binder	Binder, Mboursou, Mbraou, Ribao
Mayo-Dallah	Pala	Gagal, Lamé, Pala, Torrock

References

1. DEUXIEME RECENSEMENT GENERAL DE LA POPULATION ET DE L'HABITAT: RESULTATS GLOBAUX DEFINITIFS (PDF) (Report). INSEED. March 2012. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
2. A directory of African wetlands
3. "Tchad : Region du Mayo-Kebbi Ouest - Juin 2010" (PDF). UNOCHA. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
4. "Languages of Chad". Ethnologue. Retrieved 27 September 2019.