Adré

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title: "Adré" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-chad", "chad–sudan-border-crossings", "ouaddaï-(region)"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-chad" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adré" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
	official_name
native_name	أدري
settlement_type	Town
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pushpin_label_position	left
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pushpin_relief	yes
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Chad
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Ouaddaï Region
subdivision_type2	Department
subdivision_name2	Assoungha
subdivision_type3	Sub-Prefecture
subdivision_name3	Adré
unit_pref	Imperial
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2008
population_total	12 571
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	WAT
utc_offset	+01:00
coordinates
elevation_ft	2,605
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Adré () is the main town of the Assoungha department in the Ouaddaï Region of Chad. It is located very close to Chad's eastern border with Sudan, 400m away. The town is served by Adré Airport.

History

The Chadian-Sudanese conflict began on December 23, 2005, when the government of Chad declared a state of war with Sudan and called for the citizens of Chad to mobilize themselves against the "common enemy", by which term the Chadian government referred to Rally for Democracy and Liberty (RDL) militants, who were Chadian rebels backed by the Sudanese government, and Sudanese militiamen. Militants had attacked villages and towns in eastern Chad, stealing cattle, murdering citizens, and burning houses. Over 200,000 refugees from the Darfur region of northwestern Sudan claimed asylum in eastern Chad. Chadian president Idriss Déby accused Sudanese President Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir of trying to "destabilize our country, to drive our people into misery, to create disorder and export the war from Darfur to Chad."

An attack on Adré led to the deaths of either one hundred rebels or three hundred rebels as CNN reported. The Sudanese government was blamed for the attack, which was the second in the region in three days, but Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman Jamal Mohammed Ibrahim denies any Sudanese involvement. "We are not for any escalation with Chad. We technically deny involvement in Chadian internal affairs." This attack was the final straw that led to the declaration of belligerence by Chad and the alleged deployment of the Chadian airforce into Sudanese airspace, which the Chadian government denied.

Adré was attacked again on February 3, 2007. Fighting raged for hours between government troops and a coalition of four rebel groups including the United Forces for Democracy and Development. The government claimed that Sudan was responsible for the attack.

Demographics

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Year	Population
1993	8 783
2008	12 571
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References

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6321491.stm BBC NEWS. Africa. Rebels 'seize Chad border town']
(2005-12-23). "Chad in 'state of war' with Sudan". [[BBC]].
(2005-12-20). "Chad fightback 'kills 300 rebels'". [[BBC]].
"Aljazeera.Net - Restraint plea to Sudan and Chad".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930182845/http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-205&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x World Gazetteer: Chad]

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