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{{Short description|National coat of arms of the Republic of Chad}}
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|armiger          = [[Chad|Republic of Chad]]
|year_adopted     = 1970
|crest            = A demi sun Gules
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|shield           = Barry dancetty of eight Or and Azure
|supporters       = Dexter a goat guardant and sinister a lion Or, both charged on the shoulder with an arrow the point upwards Gules
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|motto            = ''Unité, Travail, Progrès'' <br> "Unity, Work, Progress"
|orders           = [[National Order of Chad]]
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The '''coat of arms of [[Chad]]''' was adopted in 1970. The center has a shield with jagged blue and yellow lines (''barry dancetty''), with  a sun rising over it. The shield is supported by a [[goat]] and a [[lion]]. Below the shield is a medal and a scroll with the national [[motto]] in [[French language|French]], Unité, Travail, Progrès ("Unity, Work, Progress" in English). The shield supporters as well as the scroll feature a red arrow pointing upwards.

==Overview==
The wavy lines on the shield symbolize [[Lake Chad]]; the [[Crest (heraldry)|crest]], a rising sun, a new beginning for the country. The [[supporter]] on the left is a goat, representing the northern half of the state; the southern half is represented by the lion supporting the shield on the right. The [[insigne]] of the [[National Order of Chad]] (a red [[Maltese cross]] centered by a blue disc with golden [[six-pointed star]]) depends from the shield.

==Seal==
A separate state emblem of Chad is a black-and-white seal consisting of the words "République du Tchad – Unité, Travail, Progrès" encircling a depiction of the head and upper body of a tribal girl with her hair in cornrows.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Talocci |first=Mauro |title=Guide to the flags of the world |last2=Talocci |first2=Mauro |date=1982 |publisher=Quill |isbn=978-0-688-01141-3 |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Whitney |location=New York, N.Y |pages=127}}</ref>
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File:Seal of Chad.svg|Seal of Chad
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==See also==
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*[[Flag of Chad]]

==References==
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==External links==
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