Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chad <unk> inyika isingasviki mugungwa iri muCentral Africa. Inoganhurana neLibya kuchamhembe, Sudan kumabvazuva, Central African Republic kumaodzanyemba, Cameroon neNigeria kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero, uye Niger kumadokero. Nemhaka yokusava pedyo negungwa uye mamiriro okunze akasvibira, dzimwe nguva nyika yacho inonzi "Mwoyo Wakafa weAfrica". Chad yakakamurwa kuva nharaunda huru nhatu dzenzvimbo: nharaunda yegwenga kuchamhembe, bhandi rakaoma reSahelian pakati uye nzvimbo yakaorera yeSudan savanna kumaodzanyemba. Lake Chad, rakatumidzwa zita renyika yacho, inzvimbo ine mvura yakakura kupfuura dzose muChad uye yechipiri pakukura muAfrica. Nhongonya yakakwirira zvikurusa yeChad iEmi Koussi iri muSahara, uye N'Djamena, dzimbahwe, ndiro guta gurusa. Chad musha wemapoka emarudzi nemitauro akasiyana-siyana anopfuura 200. ChiArabic nechiFrench ndiwo mitauro yepamutemo. Chitendero chechiIslam ndicho chinonamatwa nevakawanda. Nepo mapato akawanda ezvematongerwe enyika achishanda, simba riri mumaoko aPurezidhendi Déby nebato rake rezvematongerwe enyika, Patriotic Salvation Movement. Chad inoramba ichitambudzwa nechisimba chezvematongerwe enyika uye kuedza kudzokorora (ona Hondo yeN'Djamena (2006) uye
Hondo yeN'Djamena (2008)). Nyika iyi ndeimwe yenyika dzine hurombo uye dzine huwori pasi rose; vanhu vakawanda vekuChad vanorarama muurombo vachiita basa rokufudza uye kurima. Kubvira muna 2003 mafuta akasviba ndiwo ave achinyanya kuwanisa nyika mari kubva kune dzimwe nyika, achitsiva indasitiri yekotoni.