The Tibesti Mountains are a range of inactive volcanoes located on the northern edge of the Chad Basin in the Borkou- and Tibesti Region of northern Chad. The massif is one of the most prominent features of the central Sahara desert and covers an area of approximately 100,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi). The northern slopes extend into southern Libya. It is one of the most isolated areas on Earth and the people called the Tibesti the mountains of hunger, as they can only feed a few people. The biggest city is Bardaï, with only 1,500 residents. The region is a settlement area of the Toubou people and in periods of drought in the lowlands the nomadic Tuareg visit this area.
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