- Faya-Largeau
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pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chad
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subdivision_name1 =Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region
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subdivision_name2 =Borkou Department
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footnotes =Faya-Largeaucite book |editor= |title= Atlas of the World|accessdate= 2007-01-01|edition= Eighth edition|date= 2005|publisher=
National Geographic Society |location=Washington, D.C. ,United States |pages= ] (also known as Faya)cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica| title = Faya | url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9033859/Faya | accessdate = 2007-01-01 | publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc] is the largest city in northernChad and the capital of the region of Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti.cite web| url = http://www.primature-tchad.org/CIRCONSCRIPTIONS.pdf| title = Circonscriptions administrative| accessdate = 2007-01-01| publisher =Archive du Ministère de l’Administration du territoire ]History
Originally called "Faya", the town was renamed "Largeau" after French Colonel Étienne Largeau; upon Chadian independence from France, it assumed the name "Faya-Largeau". The town was captured by
Libya when Libya annexed theAouzou Strip in 1975, but was retaken byHissène Habré 's forces in 1980.cite web| url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/chad.htm | title = Libyan Intervention in Chad, 1980-Mid-1987| accessdate = 2007-01-01| publisher = GlobalSecurity.org] Libya recaptured Faya-Largeau in 1983, but retreated in 1987.Economy
Due to the considerable underground
water supply in the town, the main industry isagriculture , while threelake s lie immediately north of Faya-Largeau.Fact|date=February 2007 The town is serviced byFaya-Largeau Airport airport codes|FYT|FTTYcite web| url = http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CD/3/FayaLargeau.html| title = Faya-Largeau| accessdate = 2007-01-01| publisher = Falling Rain Genomics, Inc] with a paved runway.Demographics
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Chadian-Libyan conflict References
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