Dar Tama Department

{{Short description|Department of Wadi Fira, Chad}}

Dar Tama ({{langx|ar|دار تاما}}) is one of three departments in Wadi Fira, a region of Chad. Its capital is Gueréda, {{convert|165|km|mi|sigfig=2}} northeast of Abéché.{{cite web |url= https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/chad0107webwcover.pdf |title= "They Came Here to Kill Us": Militia Attacks and Ethnic Targeting of Civilians in Eastern Chad |author= Africa Division of Human Rights Watch |editor= Leslie Lefkow |editor2=Georgette Gagnon |editor3=Aisling Reidy |editor4=Andrew Mawson |publisher= Human Rights Watch |date= January 2007 |page= 25 |accessdate= 14 September 2012}} The population consists primarily of non-Arab tribes. Dar Tama is the historical home of the Tama, who make up the majority of the population. The Zaghawa make up a significant minority and migrated during the Sahelian drought in the 1980s. Both are non-Arab tribes.{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6of6GZ1nUPAC&q=dar+tama+department&pg=PA14 |title= Early to War: Child Soldiers in the Chad Conflict |author= Human Rights Watch |publisher= Human Rights Watch |year= 2007 |page= 25}} Former Chadian president Idriss Déby is from the Zaghawa tribe.