Regions of Cameroon

Regions of Cameroon
Régions du Cameroun (French)
Category Unitary State
Location Republic of Cameroon
Number 10
Populations 731,088 (South Region) – 3,919,828 (Centre Region)
Areas 13,890 km2 (5,364 sq mi) (West Region) – 109,000 km2 (42,086 sq mi) (East Region)
Government Semi-Autonomous Region government
Subdivisions Department
Cameroon
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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.Central CameroonCentreYaoundé 3,098,0443,919,82868,95324
3.East CameroonEstBertoua 771,755824,204109,0025
4.Far North CameroonExtrême-NordMaroua 3,111,7923,803,13834,26354
5.Littoral CameroonLittoralDouala 2,510,2633,174,43720,24867
6.North CameroonNordGaroua 1,687,9592,311,17966,09013
7.Northwest CameroonNord-OuestBamenda 1,728,9531,900,54717,30069
8.South CameroonSudEbolowa 634,555761,09947,1918
9.Southwest CameroonSud-OuestBuea 1,316,0791,481,43325,41034
10.West CameroonOuestBafoussam 1,720,0471,865,39413,89297

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.

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