N'Djamena

N’Djamena انجامينا Injāmīnā Fort Lamy
Chad central bank in late-December 2011
Coat of arms
N’Djamena Location in Chad
Coordinates: 12°6′47″N 15°2′57″E / 12.11306°N 15.04917°E / 12.11306; 15.04917
Country	Chad
Region	N’Djamena
Area
• City	100 km2 (40 sq mi)
Elevation	298 m (978 ft)
Population (2012)
• City	1,092,066
• Density	11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi)
• Metro	1,605,696
Time zone	+1
Area code(s)	235

N’Djamena (/əndʒɑːˈmeɪnɑː/;French: N'Djaména; Arabic: انجامينا‎‎ Injāmīnā) is the capital and largest city of Chad. A port on the Chari River, near the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Kousséri, to which the city is connected by a bridge. It is also a special statute region, divided into 10 arrondissements. It is a regional market for , salt, dates, and grains. Meat, fish and cotton processing are the chief industries, and the city continues to serve as the center of economic activity in Chad.

N’Djamena was founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil on May 29, 1900, and named after Amédée-François Lamy, an army officer who had been killed in the Battle of Kousséri a few days earlier. It was a major trading city and became the capital of the region and nation.

During the Second World War, the French relied heavily upon the city's airport to move troops and supplies. On 21 January 1942, a lone German He 111 of the Sonderkommando Blaich successfully bombed the airfield at Fort Lamy, destroying oil supplies and ten aircraft. Fort Lamy received its first bank branch in 1950, when the Bank of West Africa (BAO) opened a branch there.