# Yao, Chad

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| subdivision_name = {{flag|Chad}}
| subdivision_type1 = [Region](/source/Regions_of_Chad)
| subdivision_name1 = [Batha](/source/Batha_Region)
| subdivision_type2 = [Department](/source/Departments_of_Chad)
| subdivision_name2 = [Fitri](/source/Fitri_Department)
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'''Yao''' ({{langx|ar|ياؤ}}) is a town in [Chad](/source/Chad) and the capital of the [Fitri department](/source/Fitri_Department).

Yao is also the name of a pre-colonial Sultanate in the same area, the [Yao Sultanate](/source/Yao_Sultanate).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Populated places in Chad
Category:Batha (region)

{{Chad-geo-stub}}

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