Regions of Cameroon explained

Regions of Cameroon Régions du Cameroun (French)
Category:	Unitary state
Territory:	Republic of Cameroon
Current Number:	10
Government:	Semi-autonomous regional government
Subdivision:	Department

The Republic of Cameroon is divided into ten regions.

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]

List

No. Region French name Capital Population (2005 census) Population (2022 est.) Area (km^2) Population density (per km^2) 1. Adamaoua Ngaoundéré 903,000 1,124,000 63,701 8 2. Centre Yaoundé 3,105,000 3,905,000 68,953 24 3. Est Bertoua 783,000 830,000 109,002 5 4. Extrême-Nord Maroua 3,119,000 3,796,000 34,263 54 5. Littoral Douala 2,502,000 3,178,000 20,248 67 6. Nord Garoua 1,703,000 2,297,000 66,090 13 7. Nord-Ouest Bamenda 1,735,000 1,906,000 17,300 69 8. Sud Ebolowa 641,000 773,000 47,191 8 9. Sud-Ouest Buea 1,325,000 1,503,000 25,410 34 10. Ouest Bafoussam 1,712,000 1,875,000 13,892 97

See also

• Communes of Cameroon
• Departments of Cameroon
  • List of municipalities of Cameroon
• List of regions of Cameroon by Human Development Index
• Subdivisions of Cameroon

Citations

• Web site: Law, Gwillim. 2005. Provinces of Cameroon. statoids.com. 3 June 2006.

Notes and References

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