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Country
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Leader
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Head of state: Prince Hans-Adam II
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President: Idriss Deby
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Population
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36,713
| 10,975,648
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Life Expectancy
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81.500 years
| 48.690 years
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Capital City
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Largest city
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| Schaan (population: 5,748) | N'Djamena (population: 721,081) |
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Human Development Index
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0
| 0.389
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| GDP per capita |
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Literacy Rate
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100%
| 25.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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NA
| 1.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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24%
| 5.2%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Legal
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Political System
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constitutional monarchy
| republic
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Independence date
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 76.2%, Protestant 7%, unknown 10.6%, other 6.2% (June 2002)
| Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)
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| Languages |
German (official), Alemannic dialect
| French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
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| Location |
Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland
| Central Africa, south of Libya
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| Area |
160 km sq
| 1,284,000 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers
| tropical in south, desert in north
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