Provinces of Cameroon

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The Republic of Cameroon is divided into ten provinces:

Province French name Capital Population (1987) Area (km²) Population density (/km²) 1. Adamawa Adamaoua Ngaoundéré 495,185 63,691 8 2. Centre Centre Yaoundé 1,651,600 68,926 24 3. East Est Bertoua 517,198 109,011 5 4. Far North Extrême-Nord Maroua 1,855,695 34,246 54 5. Littoral Littoral Douala 1,352,833 20,239 67 6. North Nord Garoua 832,165 65,576 13 7. Northwest Nord-Ouest Bamenda 1,237,348 17,812 69 8. South Sud Ebolowa 373,798 47,110 8 9. Southwest Sud-Ouest Buea 838,042 24,571 34 10. West Ouest Bafoussam 1,339,791 13,872 97

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.

2008 Presidential Decree Abolishes Provinces

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.

See also

• ISO 3166-2:CM

References

• Law, Gwillim (2005): Provinces of Cameroon, statoids.com (accessed 3 June 2006).

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