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'''Doba''' ({{langx|ar|دوبا}}) is a city in [[Chad]],  the capital of the [[regions of Chad|region]] of [[Logone Oriental Region|Logone Oriental]].

Exploitation of [[Petroleum|oil]] resources in the vicinity of Doba is expected to produce economic benefits.

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

==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable" 
! Year
! Population<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930182845/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]</ref>
|-
| 1993	
| 17 920
|-	
| 2008 
| 25 650
|}

==Notable people==
*[[Grace Kodindo]] (born 1960) - obstetrician
*[[Marius Mouandilmadji]] (born 1998) - footballer

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Logone Oriental Region]]
[[Category:Populated places in Chad]]


{{Chad-geo-stub}}