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Bahr el Gazel ( Arabic: بحر الغزال, French: Barh El Gazel [1] [2] [3]) was formerly a department in the Kanem Region of Chad.
In 2008 the former department was split from Kanem to become a new region of the same name. [4]
The capital of the former department and new region is Moussoro. [5]
The department was divided into six sub-prefectures:[ citation needed]