# Bol, Chad

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**Bol** (Arabic: بول) is the capital of [Chad](/source/Chad)'s [Lac Region](/source/Lac_Region), lying 152 km to the north of the national capital, [N'Djamena](/source/N'Djamena). It lay on the shore of [Lake Chad](/source/Lake_Chad) before the lake shrank. It is served by [Bol Airport](/source/Bol_Airport_(Chad)) , which has a paved runway.

## Climate

The climate is a hot [desert](/source/Desert) climate (Koppen: BWh), bordering on a [semi-arid](/source/Semi-arid) climate (Koppen: BSh), with hot temperatures and very little rainfall that only falls between July-September, during the summer [monsoon](/source/Monsoon) that occurs during the northern shift of the [ITCZ](/source/ITCZ).

## Demographics

Year Population[1] 1993 7,769 2008 11,120 2017 11,701

## References

1. [World Gazetteer: Chad](http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-205&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110523231911/http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-205&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x) 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

- [Link to picture on UNESCO site](https://web.archive.org/web/20051023032047/http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D6034%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html)
- [Some statistics](http://www.citypopulation.de/Chad.html)

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