# Mongo, Chad

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**Mongo** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic): مونقو, Mūnqū) is a city and [sub-prefecture](/source/Sub-prefectures_of_Chad) in [Chad](/source/Chad), the capital of the [region](/source/Regions_of_Chad) of [Guéra](/source/Gu%C3%A9ra_Region). Located in the northern part of the region, it lies 252.2 miles (406 km) by road east of the capital [N'Djamena](/source/N'Djamena). It is served by [Mongo Airport](/source/Mongo_Airport).

On 11 April 2006, rebels of the [United Front for Democratic Change](/source/United_Front_for_Democratic_Change) (FUC) took the central city.[citation needed]

## Demographics

Mongo city demographics:[1]

Year Population 1993 21,443 2008 29,261 2012 40,233

### By canton

Ethnic composition by canton in 2016 for the sub-prefecture of Mongo:[2]

**Migami Canton (population: 47,665; villages: 43):**

Ethnic group Linguistic affiliation Percentage Migami East Chadic 95 Arab Semitic 3 Ouaddai Semitic 2

**Dadjo 1 Canton (population: 25,208; villages: 50):**

Ethnic group Linguistic affiliation Percentage Daju Daju 90 Arab Semitic 6 Kuka Bagirmi 4

**Oyo Canton (population: 11,449; villages: 14):**

Ethnic group Linguistic affiliation Percentage Arab Semitic 90 Tunkul Semitic 7 Bidio East Chadic 3

## Schools

Less than half of girls in Mongo go to primary school, and less than 5% of girls in the region make it to secondary school. More boys than girls go to school in Mongo.[3]

## References

1. [World Gazetteer: Chad](https://web.archive.org/web/20070930182845/http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-205&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x)

1. [Oxfam](/source/Oxfam) and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016. *[Atlas de la vulnérabilité dans le Guera. Première partie: synthèse regional](https://www.prospect-cs.be/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Atlas-Guera-Partie-1_v2016.pdf)*. 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d’Appui à l’Amélioration du Système d’Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad).

1. ["Life in a town called Mongo, Chad. Are the lives of some of the world's poorest people improving? - BBC News"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-4f97a049-aa24-49a2-b25a-d6c2f3d2f72a)

## External links

- [TravelPost.com Information on Mongo](https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092738/http://www.travelpost.com/AF/Chad/Guera/Mongo/5430123)
- [BBC profile of life in the town](http://bbc.in/1HsuSQd)

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