Bardaï, Chad

21.35444444444417.000555555556Koordinaten: 21 ° 21 ' 16 " N, 17 ° 0' 2 " O

Bardai is a small town with 1500 inhabitants in the north- west of the capital of Chad, and in 2008 created Tibesti region.

The first European who reported Bardai, was the German explorer Gustav Nachtigal. He reached Bardai in 1869 by Mursuk from coming, but had to flee because of the hostile attitude of the local population Tubu after a short time.

1974 became Bardai international attention when a US-led Hissène Habré rebel group attacked the town and the French archeologist Françoise Claustre, the French aid worker Marc Combe and the German physician Christoph Staewen captured as hostages. During the action, several people were killed, including also Staewens wife Elfriede.

Bardai is accessible via the airfield Bardai - Zougra.