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Bol, Chad

Place in Lac Region, Chad

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Bol (Arabic: بول) is the capital of Chad's Lac Region, lying 152 km to the north of the national capital, N'Djamena. It lay on the shore of Lake Chad before the lake shrank. It is served by Bol Airport (IATA: OTC, ICAO: FTTL), which has a paved runway.

01Climate

The climate is a hot desert climate (Koppen: BWh), bordering on a semi-arid climate (Koppen: BSh), with hot temperatures and very little rainfall that only falls between July-September, during the summer monsoon that occurs during the northern shift of the ITCZ.

02Demographics

Year	Population
1993	7,769
2008	11,120
2017	11,701

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