Bahr el Gazel (province of Chad)
بحر الغزال
Barh El Gazel Barh El Gazal Bahr el Gazel | |
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Moussoro, the capital of Bahr el Gazel | |
Map of Chad showing Barh El Gazel. | |
| Coordinates: 13°38′35″N 16°29′31″E / 13.64306°N 16.49194°E | |
| Country | Chad |
| Departments | 2 |
| Sub-prefectures | 7 |
| Region as of | 2008 |
| Provincial capital | Moussoro |
| Government | |
| • Gouverneur | Mahamat Nasser Hassan (2010) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 260,865 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (WAT) |
| ISO 3166 code | TD-BG |
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Barh El Gazel (Arabic: منطقة بحر الغزال, French: Province du Barh El Gazel) is one of the 23 provinces of Chad. The province's name may also be written as Barh El Gazal or Bahr el Gazel. Its capital is the town of Moussoro.
The province was created in 2008 from the former Barh El Gazel Department of the Kanem Region. On 10 August 2018, a new ordinance divided Chad into 23 provinces, 107 departments, and 377 communes. The names of the former regions remained the same but were now called provinces.