Abeche Travel Tips includes all information about the city and its adjacent areas which are major tourist attractions in Chad. Abeche is the fourth largest city in Chad. It has by some estimates a population of 54,628 according to the last census of 1993. The city was the capital of the Ouaddai kingdom until France took over the reigns of the city.
When the French arrived in Chad, Abeche was the most important urban center of the country with a population of almost 40000 inhabitants. It was the center of the most powerful Ouaday kingdom and even today you can still find many crumbling signs of its former glory. There are a few old mosques, cobbled streets, souqs and a very rundown Sultan's palace. The place is especially exciting because there are nomads all over the place and they all look very mysterious straight out of the coffee table brochure.
The lure of Chad is to some adventurers a bit too much to compromise on .Despite the inhospitableness of terrain and the harsh climate and the lack of tourist infrastructure, Abeche is still a popular tourist hub by all accounts. Because the many roads that Chad has often are not tarred they become impossible to access in the wet season. The rainy season begins in March and continues till May. The average temperature in the wet season is around 45degree centigrade or around 113 degrees Fahrenheit. The high temperature often is unbearable and often tourist bureaus in Chad suggest the travelers to avoid this season. From December to mid February the temperature is mild and more suitable for travel. The days are dry and very warm in Abeche and the nights are expectedly quite cool. The city of Abeche and Chad in general has extremes of temperature. The dry months are the best months to visit Abeche.
The terrain in Abeche is wooded with savannah forests and the desert on the other side of the town. No amount of Abeche Travel Tips is complete without information about the population of the city and their culture. The city comprises of some 200 ethnicities, which fall into two distinct and often hostile population groupings. In the south of the city where the population is concentrated, live sedentary peoples including the Sara, Massa, Ngambaye and Moudang, the population mostly is Christians and some of the population also follows some traditional religions. In the north are semi nomadic and nomadic Muslim peoples, including Arabs, Tuareg, Hadjerai, Fulbe and Toubou. French and Arabic are the official languages, but more than 100 languages and dialects are spoken throughout the country.
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