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'''Biltine''' ({{langx|ar|بلتن}}) is a city in [[Chad]], and the capital of [[Wadi Fira]] [[regions of Chad|region]] (previously [[Biltine prefecture]]).

The town was briefly captured on November 25, 2006, by the [[Rally of Democratic Forces (rebel group)|RADF]], a rebel group, then recaptured the next day by the government, along with nearby [[Abéché]] that had been captured by a different rebel group, the [[Union of Forces for Democracy|UFDD]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6185074.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Chad denies rebel move on capital<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> On June 16, 2008, the town was the scene of a battle between rebels on government forces, with the rebels said to have won.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080616/wl_africa_afp/chadunrestrebels_080616204319 Chad rebels claim advances as US pulls out embassy staff]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The town is served by [[Biltine Airport]].

==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable" 
! Year
! Population<ref>[http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-205&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x World Gazetteer: Chad] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523231911/http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-205&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x |date=2011-05-23 }}</ref>
|-	
| 1993 
| 8 100
|-	
| 2009 
| 11 840
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Wadi Fira Region]]
[[Category:Populated places in Chad]]


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