City
N'Djamena
Capital of Chad
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Grand Mosque of N'Djamena; Notre-Dame Cathedral of N'Djamena; Chari River; Chari River; National Museum of Chad; Chari; Sahelian
- Viewpoint
- Favor an elevated viewpoint along the banks of the Chari River looking toward central N'Djamena, showing the river in the foreground, with the minarets of the Grand Mosque and church towers rising above the dense neem tree canopy in the middle-ground, and the vast Sahelian horizon fading into the distance.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick neem tree canopies lining the boulevards, riverine vegetation along the Chari, and irrigated vegetable gardens.
- Guarded against
- Not a generic Sahara desert oasis
Population1,359,526Wikidata: 1,092,066
Coordinates12.11°N, 15.04°E
Elevation298 m
Area100 km²
Time zoneAfrica/NdjamenaUTC+1
Solar noon11:00clock runs 0.0 h behind the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from N'Djamena and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Faleāsao, American Samoa — 546 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Maiduguri | NG | 207 km |
| Kano | NG | 709 km |
| Jos | NG | 714 km |
| Kaduna | NG | 847 km |
| Abuja | NG | 891 km |
| Bangui | CF | 944 km |
| Yaoundé | CM | 995 km |
| Sokoto | NG | 1,069 km |
Twinned cities
- Istanbul TR
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