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13-689: Batha may refer to: Batha Region , one of the regions of Chad Batha Prefecture , a former division of Chad Batha, Lebanon , one of the villages in Keserwan District in Lebanon Batha, an alternate term for garrigue , or Mediterranean scrubland Al-Batha (Riyadh) , a commercial area in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia Batha (demon) a kind of daemon in Kerala Topics referred to by

26-691: A Muslim people that live around Lake Fitri , in the Batha Prefecture , in central Chad . The last Chadian census in 1993 stated that they numbered 136,629 people. Their language, Naba , is divided in four dialects and is a part of the Central Sudanic language family ; it is shared by two of their neighbours, the Kuka and the Medogo . These three peoples are collectively known as Lisi and are believed to be descendants of main ethnic groups of

39-399: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Batha Region Batha ( Arabic : البطحة ) is one of the 23 regions of Chad , located in the centre of the country. It is composed of what was formerly Batha Prefecture with some slight boundary adjustments. The capital of the region is Ati . The region borders Borkou Region to

52-634: The Bilala (18.11%) and Naba-Kuka (15.71%), the Masalit (5.73%) and the Masmaje (5.61%). As of 2015, internet and telephone were limited and post was the primary mode of communication. In 2016 gold was discovered in the region, and many people from all over Chad, and some from as far away as Niger and Sudan , began flocking here. However, the Chadian army moved to prevent anyone from getting into

65-641: The Kanem Empire , in today's Chad , they shattered the empire's power, killing five of six of Kanem's mais (kings) between 1376 and 1400. At the end the Bulala conquered Kanem and forced the Kanem mais to migrate to Bornu . As a result, the Bulala put their hands on Kanem, founding in the 15th century the Muslim sultanate of Yao. The Kanem–Bornu Empire counter-attacked a century later under Ali Gazi . Kanem

78-761: The Sultanate of Yao . They first appeared in the 14th century near lake Fitri as a nomadic clan led by scions of the Sayfawa dynasty . They were originally a political entity that came about as a result of fusion of the Kayi (old Zaghawa = current Kanembu, the clan exist even today in Kanem) and Ngizimis Kanembu clan, which exists even today in Dibbinintchi, Lake Chad inhabitants of the Fittri region. Settled east of

91-449: The capital of the region; other major settlements include Am Sack , Assinet , Djédaa , Haraze Djombo Kibit , Hidjelidjé , Oum Hadjer and Yao . As per the Chadian census of 2009, the population of the region was 527,031, 51.9% female. The average size of household as of 2009 is 5.1 in rural households and 5.4 in urban areas. The number of households was 103,261: 89,991 in rural areas and 13,270 in urban areas. The number of nomads in

104-461: The north, Wadi Fira Region and Ouaddaï Region to the east, Sila Region to the south-east, Guéra Region to the south, Hadjer-Lamis Region to the south-west, and Bahr el Gazel Region to the west. The terrain is generally savannah grassland, merging into the Sahara Desert in the sparsely populated north of the region. Lake Fitri is located in the south-west of the region. Ati is

117-478: The region was 37,419, 9.6% of the population. There were 526,008 people residing in private households. There were 221,810 people above 18 years of age: 98,651 male and 123,159 female. The sex ratio was 0.93 (93 females per 100 males). The main ethnolinguistic groups are Arab groups such as the Baggara , who predominantly speak Chadian Arabic (33.62%), Dar Daju Daju (percentage not known), Lisi groups such as

130-517: The region. As a part of decentralisation in February 2003, Chad was administratively split into regions, departments, municipalities and rural communities. The prefectures which were originally 14 in number were re-designated in 23 regions. The regions are administered by Governors appointed by the President. The Prefects, who originally held the responsibility of the 14 prefects, still retained

143-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Batha . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Batha&oldid=1175448333 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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156-528: The titles and were responsible for the administration of smaller departments in each region. The members of local assemblies are elected every six years, while the executive organs are elected every three years. As of 2016, there are 23 regions in Chad, which are divided based on population and administrative convenience. The region of Batha is divided into three departments : Batha Est , Batha Ouest and Fitri . Bilala The Bilala or Bulala are

169-439: Was retaken by Ali's son after a great battle at Garni Kiyala, forcing the Bulala to move east, where they were to remain a menace for centuries to Kanem-Bornu. It continued also to be a flourishing kingdom: the traveller Leo Africanus even thought that the Bulala's reign was richer than Kanem–Bornu for its prosperous trade with Egypt . Their power survived in diminished forms until the onset of colonialism, when they submitted to

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