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Country
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Leader
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Prime minister: Denzil Douglas
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President: Idriss Deby
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Population
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50,726
| 10,975,648
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Life Expectancy
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74.840 years
| 48.690 years
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Capital City
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Largest city
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| Basseterre (population: 12,920) | N'Djamena (population: 721,081) |
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Human Development Index
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0.83
| 0.389
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Literacy Rate
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97.8%
| 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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6.7%
| 5.2%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| republic
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Independence date
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| Religions |
Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
| 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 |
English
| French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
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| Location |
Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago
| Central Africa, south of Libya
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| Area |
261 km sq
| 1,284,000 km sq
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| Coastline |
135 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
| tropical in south, desert in north
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