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

The Republic of Cameroon is divided into ten regions:

Region French name Capital Population (2005 census) Population (2013 est.) Area (km²) Population density (/km²) 1. Adamawa Adamaoua Ngaoundéré 884,289 1,131,978 63,701 8 2. Central Cameroon Centre Yaoundé 3,098,044 3,919,828 68,953 24 3. East Cameroon Est Bertoua 771,755 824,204 109,002 5 4. Far North Cameroon Extrême-Nord Maroua 3,111,792 3,803,138 34,263 54 5. Littoral Cameroon Littoral Douala 2,510,263 3,174,437 20,248 67 6. North Cameroon Nord Garoua 1,687,959 2,311,179 66,090 13 7. Northwest Cameroon Nord-Ouest Bamenda 1,728,953 1,900,547 17,300 69 8. South Cameroon Sud Ebolowa 634,555 761,099 47,191 8 9. Southwest Cameroon Sud-Ouest Buea 1,316,079 1,481,433 25,410 34 10. West Cameroon Ouest Bafoussam 1,720,047 1,865,394 13,892 97

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.

See also

• List of regions of Cameroon by Human Development Index
• ISO 3166-2:CM

References

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