Amdjarass

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Amdjarass or Am-Djarass is the capital city of the Ennedi-Est Region in northern Chad. Despite it being an isolated Saharan oasis its population as of the 2009 census is 20,850 and its population by now is a lot more because its population been exploding from only 657 residents in the 1993 census. It is the largest city in the region and the fourth largest in Saharan or Northern Chad. There is an airport here according to maps of the town from the German population data website City Population . But despite it being a large city Google Maps does not recognize this city and therefore if you are lucky to find it, you will find a large unnamed settlement. Many atlases also do not put this city on the map. It is also the capital of the second level administrative division, the Amdjarass Department. On July 3, 2015, Chadian president Idriss Deby visited Amdjarass. It's altitude is 896 metres. The town has a hotel catel Toumai Hotel Amdjarass and the town has fortress. There is a boomerang shaped rock with the town's name when entering the town. The mayor is Ismael Miss.

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