The town was briefly captured on November 25, 2006, by the RADF, a rebel group, then recaptured the next day by the government, along with nearby Abéché that had been captured by a different rebel group, the UFDD.[1] On June 16, 2008, the town was the scene of a battle between rebels on government forces, with the rebels said to have won.[2]
biltine, chad, biltine, arabic, بلتن, city, chad, capital, wadi, fira, region, previously, biltine, prefecture, biltine, بلتنnickname, biltinibiltinelocation, chadcoordinates, 52750, 92667, 52750, 92667country, chadregionwadi, fira, regiondepartmentbiltine, de. Biltine Arabic بلتن is a city in Chad and the capital of Wadi Fira region previously Biltine prefecture Biltine بلتنNickname BiltiniBiltineLocation in ChadCoordinates 14 31 39 N 20 55 36 E 14 52750 N 20 92667 E 14 52750 20 92667Country ChadRegionWadi Fira RegionDepartmentBiltine DepartmentSub PrefectureBiltinePopulation 2009 Total11 840Time zone 1The town was briefly captured on November 25 2006 by the RADF a rebel group then recaptured the next day by the government along with nearby Abeche that had been captured by a different rebel group the UFDD 1 On June 16 2008 the town was the scene of a battle between rebels on government forces with the rebels said to have won 2 The town is served by Biltine Airport Demographics editYear Population 3 1993 8 1002009 11 840References edit BBC NEWS Africa Chad denies rebel move on capital Chad rebels claim advances as US pulls out embassy staff permanent dead link World Gazetteer Chad Archived 2011 05 23 at the Wayback Machine 14 31 39 N 20 55 36 E 14 52750 N 20 92667 E 14 52750 20 92667 nbsp This Chad location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Biltine Chad amp oldid 1181265902, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
