Chad, officially the Republic of Chad ( '; "Republic of the Chad"), is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest and Niger to the west. It is the fifth largest country in Africa in terms of area. 

Chad has several regions: a desert zone in the north, an arid Sahelian belt in the centre and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the largest wetland in Chad and the second-largest in Africa. The capital N'Djamena is the largest city. 

Chad's official languages are Arabic and French. Chad is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups. The religions of Chad are Islam (at 55%), followed by Christianity (at 40%). 

Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium BC, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad's Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the south's hegemony. However, the rebel commanders fought amongst themselves until Hissène Habré defeated his rivals. He was overthrown in 1990 by his general Idriss Déby. Since 2003 the Darfur crisis in Sudan has spilt over the border and destabilised the nation, with hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees living in and around camps in eastern Chad. Unsustainable high birth rates and a lack of agriculture let the country persist in poverty. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. About how many zones is Chad divided between?
2. Roughly what number of zones make up Chad?
3. What is the approximate number of zones making up Chad?
Q2:
1. What is the Southern region of Chad like?
2. What kind of region is to the South of Chad?
3. How can Chad's southern region be described?
Q3:
1. What is the northern region of Chad like?
2. What kind of region is to the North of Chad?
3. How can Chad's Northern region be described?
Q4:
1. What is the middle region of Chad like?
2. What kind of region is in the middle of Chad?
3. How can Chad's middle region be described?
Q5:
1. What is the official name for Chad?
2. What is Chad officially called?
3. How is Chad officially referred to?
Q6:
1. What is Chad named after?
2. Where does the country of Chad get its name from?
3. What gives the country of Chad its name?
Q7:
1. Is Lake Chad the largest wetland in Africa?
2. Is Lake Chad bigger than all other wetlands in Africa?
3. Does Lake Chad surpass all of Africa's other wetlands in size?
Q8:
1. How big is Lake Chad with respect to other African wetlands?
2. Where does Lake Chad rank amongst wetlands in Africa?
3. What does Lake Chad rank as within Africa's wetlands?
