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Chad Independence Day Celebrations in N'Djamena/Nationwide
Chad Independence Day, celebrated nationwide on August 11, marks the country's 1960 independence from French colonial rule. N Djamena hosts the centerpiece commemoration, a large military parade reviewed by the head of state including foot, mechanized, and air units, alongside wreath-laying at the War Memorial honoring Chadians who died in the country's conflicts.
On August 11 each year, Chad marks Independence Day, commemorating the country's 1960 emergence from French colonial rule as part of the wave of African decolonization that swept the continent that year.