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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
• 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.

Settlements

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

Demographics

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

Subdivisions

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

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.

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