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  • N'Djamena
    N'Djamena
    noun
    a city in and the capital of Chad, in the southwestern part.
  • Ndjamena
    Ndjamena
    noun
    the capital of Chad, in the southwest, at the confluence of the Shari and Logone Rivers: trading centre for livestock. Pop: 866 000 (2005 est)

N'Djamena

American  
[uhn-jah-mey-nah] / ən dʒɑˈmeɪ nɑ /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Chad, in the southwestern part.


Ndjamena British  
/ əndʒɑːˈmeɪnə /

noun

  1. Former name (until 1973): Fort Lamy.  the capital of Chad, in the southwest, at the confluence of the Shari and Logone Rivers: trading centre for livestock. Pop: 866 000 (2005 est)

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The Patriotic Movement for the Central African Republic signed the accord in the Chadian capital N'Djamena on Wednesday, presidential intelligence minister Henri Wanzet Linguissara told AFP late Thursday.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

France currently has about 1,000 troops in the Central African country providing intelligence and logistical assistance to the Chadian military from their bases, including in the capital N’Djamena.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

"It's really a run against the clock because the people are really very much in need," she said by video link from N'Djamena.

From Reuters • Apr. 25, 2023

Then dozens of wounded young men and women began streaming into the hospital in N’Djamena, he recalled.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2023

A contingent of soldiers crossed into Chad earlier this week and have been disarmed said Daoud Yaya Brahim, Chad’s defense minister at a press conference in the capital, N’Djamena, on Wednesday.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023

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