Logone-et-Chari explained

Logone-et-Chari
Settlement Type:	Department
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Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Cameroon
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Extreme-Nord Province
Subdivision Type2:	Capital
Subdivision Name2:	Kousséri
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Total Km2:	12133
Population As Of:	2005
Population Total:	486,997
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Timezone:	WAT
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Logone-et-Chari is a department of Extreme-Nord Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 12,133 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 486,997.^[1] The capital of the department is at Kousséri. Most inhabitants of this department speak Chadian Arabic.

Subdivisions

The department is divided administratively into 10 communes and in turn into villages.

Communes

• Blangoua
• Darak
• Fotokol
• Goulfey
• Hile-Alifa
• Kousséri
• Logone-Birni
• Makary
• Waza
• Zina

Languages

Languages spoken include:

• Afade
• Chadian Arabic
• Jina
• Kuo
• Lagwan
• Majera
• Malgbe
• Maslam
• Masana
• Nzakambay

Notes and References

1. Web site: Departments of Cameroon. Statoids, obtained from Institut national de la statistique (Cameroun) - Annuaire statistique du Cameroun 2004. April 4, 2009.