Borkou (Arabic: بوركو) is one of two departments of the Borkou Region in Chad .
Bourkou was formerly one of four departments in the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region of Chad, in the northern Saharan territory of Borkou.
In 2008 the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region was split into three, and the former Bourkou department became a separate region under the same name.
The department of Borkou is divided into two sub-prefectures:[2] Departments of Chad
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