Kourkour
in Borkou Region, Chad
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Faya Largeau Airport (2 mi)
- Lakes of Ounianga (Unesco heritage, 123 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 17.912 and 19.076 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 17° 54' 42" and E 19° 4' 34"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - XAF
- Spoken languages:
- French, Arabic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 11:12 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Africa/Ndjamena
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:54 am and 5:06 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -18.852 and -159.793 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Amuri - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Chad.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Chad. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Kourkour
Kourkour in Borkou Region is located in Chad about 483 mi (or 777 km) north-east of N'Djamena, the country's capital.
Local time in Kourkour is now 11:12 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Africa / Ndjamena with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 1 airports in the wider vicinity of Kourkour. The closest airport in Chad is Faya Largeau Airport in a distance of 2 mi (or 4 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Lakes of Ounianga in a distance of 123 mi (or 197 km), North-East.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Faya-Largeau, Fada, Biltine, Bardai and Am Djarass. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region
The Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (BET) was until 2008 one of the then 18 regions of Chad, its capital being Faya-Largeau. It comprised the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture. Most of the region was part of the Sahara desert. In 2008, this region was split into three new regions: Borkou Region, Ennedi Region, and Tibesti Region.
Bodélé Depression
The Bodélé Depression (also Bodele), located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in north central Africa, is the lowest point in Chad. Dust storms from the Bodélé Depression occur on average about 100 days per year (Washington et al. , 2005), one typical example being the massive dust storms that swept over West Africa and the Cape Verde Islands in February 2004. As the wind sweeps between the Tibesti and the Ennedi Mountains in Northern Chad, it is channeled across the depression.
Borkou Region
The Borkou region is a region of Chad which was created in 2008 from the Borkou department of the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region the inhabited by Gouran Anakaza ethnic group of northern Chad. Its capital is Faya-Largeau.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
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