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HISTORY N'Djamena was founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil on May 29 1900 , and named after an army officer who had been killed in the Battle Of Kousséri a few days earlier. Its name was changed to N'Djamena (taken from the Arab name of a nearby village, ''Niǧāmīnā'', meaning ''"place of rest"'') by the President François Tombalbaye on April 6 , 1973 , as part of his '' Authenticité '' program of Africanization . The city was partly destroyed during the Chadian Civil War , in 1979 and again in 1980 . Many southern, Chadian inhabitants fled at the time, but the population has since regrown strongly. The city had only 9,976 inhabitants in 1937 , but a decade later, in 1947 , the population had almost doubled at 18,435. After independence in 1968 the population reached 126,483. In 1993 it surpassed half a million with 529,555. On .) DEMOGRAPHICS Religiously the city is very composite, even if it shows a clear Islamic predominance. The main ethnic groups are Chadian Arabs (11,08 %), Ngambay (16,41 %), Hadjerai (9,15 %), Daza (6,97 %), Bilala (5,83 %), Kanembu (5,80 %), Maba (4,84 %), Kanuri (4,39 %), Gor (3,32 %), Kuka (3,20 %), Sara (2,24 %), and Barma (2,10 %). LOCATION While primarily an administrative center, the city includes the Nassara Strip Commercial Centre and residential areas such as Mbololo , Chagoua , Paris Congo and Moursal . Attractions in the city include the Chad National Museum . It has a University , schools of administration and Veterinary Medicine , American International School Of N'Djamena and an international Airport . N'Djamena has been Twinned with the city of Toulouse , in France , since 1980 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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