Logone Oriental (region)

Logone Oriental is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south-west of the country.

Doba is the regional capital; other major settlements include Baïbokoum, Baké, Béboni, Béboto, Békan, Béssao, Béti, Bodo, Dobiti, Donia, Goré, Komé, Laramanaye, Madana, Mbaïkoro, Mbikou, Mbitoye, Miandoum, Yamodo.

[2] The 2009 Chadian census reported a population for the region of 779,339.

[3] The main ethnolinguistic groups are Doba peoples (speaking the closely related Bedjond, Mango and Gor languages), Karang, Kuo, Nzakambay, Pana and Sara groups (speaking language/dialects such as Kabba, Laka and Ngambay).

[citation needed] The region of Logone Oriental is divided in six departments: