Local time
Sun, 5:39 AM GMT+1Africa/NdjamenaCityCapital
N'Djamena
12.12° N, 15.05° E
- Population
- 989,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 6
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 6 cities of Chad in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Chad, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Africa/Ndjamena
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Practical bearings for N'Djamena, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in N'Djamena have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
N'Djamena's name is said to derive from a local word meaning "place of rest".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person