Regions of Cameroon

The Republic of Cameroon is divided into ten regions:

RegionFrench nameCapital Population (2005 census)Population (2013 est.)Area (km²)Population density (/km²)
1.AdamawaAdamaouaNgaoundéré 884,2891,131,97863,7018
2.CentralCentreYaoundé 3,098,0443,919,82868,95324
3.EastEstBertoua 771,755824,204109,0025
4.Far NorthExtrême-NordMaroua 3,111,7923,803,13834,26354
5.LittoralLittoralDouala 2,510,2633,174,43720,24867
6.NorthNordGaroua 1,687,9592,311,17966,09013
7.NorthwestNord-OuestBamenda 1,728,9531,900,54717,30069
8.SouthSudEbolowa 634,555761,09947,1918
9.SouthwestSud-OuestBuea 1,316,0791,481,43325,41034
10.WestOuestBafoussam 1,720,0471,865,39413,89297
Regions of Cameroon
Régions du Cameroun (French)
CategoryUnitary State
LocationRepublic of Cameroon
Number10
Populations731,088 (South Region) – 3,919,828 (Centre Region)
Areas13,890 km2 (5,364 sq mi) (West Region) – 109,000 km2 (42,086 sq mi) (East Region)
GovernmentSemi-Autonomous Region government
SubdivisionsDepartment

In 2008, the President of the Republic of Cameroon, President Paul Biya signed decrees abolishing "provinces" and replacing them with "regions". Hence, all of the country's ten provinces are now known as regions.

Most of these provinces were designated in the 1960s alongside Centre-South Province (split into Centre and South in 1983). At the same time, Adamawa and Far North Provinces were split from North Province. See summary of administrative history in Zeitlyn 2018.[1]

See also

References

  1. Zeitlyn, David (2018-08-03). "A summary of Cameroonian Administrative history". Vestiges: Traces of Record. 4 (1): 1–13.
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