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Wour
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Coordinates: 21°21′41″N 15°58′34″E / 21.361267°N 15.976248°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Tibesti |
Sub-prefecture | Wour |
Elevation | 770 m (2,530 ft) |
Wour ( Arabic: ور) is a small town and oasis in the extreme north of Chad. It is the main town of the Wour sub-prefecture, which was formed in 2008 as one out of three in the Tibesti Region. Despite its small size of only a few hundred inhabitants (the whole sub-prefecture counting 1,498 people in 2009), Wour is a strategically-important location in northern Chad. Wour has been fiercely fought over several times in recent history, especially in December 1986 during the Tibesti War and in early 1987 during the " Toyota War".
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Wour
ور | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 21°21′41″N 15°58′34″E / 21.361267°N 15.976248°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Tibesti |
Sub-prefecture | Wour |
Elevation | 770 m (2,530 ft) |
Wour ( Arabic: ور) is a small town and oasis in the extreme north of Chad. It is the main town of the Wour sub-prefecture, which was formed in 2008 as one out of three in the Tibesti Region. Despite its small size of only a few hundred inhabitants (the whole sub-prefecture counting 1,498 people in 2009), Wour is a strategically-important location in northern Chad. Wour has been fiercely fought over several times in recent history, especially in December 1986 during the Tibesti War and in early 1987 during the " Toyota War".