Bol, Chad

Bol
بول
City of a thousand Gods
Bol in 1971
Bol
Location in Chad
Coordinates: 13°27′36″N 14°44′24″E / 13.46000°N 14.74000°E / 13.46000; 14.74000
Country Chad
RegionLac Region
DepartmentMamdi Department
Sub-PrefectureBol
Population
 (2008)
  Total
11,120
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Bol (Arabic: بول) is the capital of Chad's Lac Region, lying 152 km to the north of the national capital, N'Djamena. It lay on the shore of Lake Chad before the lake shrank. It is served by Bol Airport (IATA: OTC, ICAO: FTTL), which has a paved runway.