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Ten regions, ten capitals. Start from a place and follow it to its history, its media and the sources behind each fact.

Wooden canoes on the sandy beach at Kribi, with a wooded headland across the water.
The beach at Kribi, SouthPhoto: Sid Mbog / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Map of the ten regionsA map of Cameroon's ten regions with their administrative capitals marked by approximate position. Each region links to its page; the same links are listed as text.Adamawa region — capital NgaoundéréCentre region — capital YaoundéEast region — capital BertouaFar North region — capital MarouaLittoral region — capital DoualaNorth region — capital GarouaNorth-West region — capital BamendaWest region — capital BafoussamSouth region — capital EbolowaSouth-West region — capital Buea

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The ten regions

Each region page lists what we know, what is linked to it and what is still awaiting research.

  1. AdamawaAdamaouaADCapital: NgaoundéréRegion on the Adamawa Plateau in the centre-north of the country, between the forest south and the Sahelian north.
  2. CentreCECapital: YaoundéRegion whose capital, Yaoundé, is also the political capital of Cameroon and seat of its main institutions.
  3. EastEstESCapital: BertouaLargest region by area, largely covered by tropical forest and bordering the Central African Republic and Congo.
  4. Far NorthExtrême-NordENCapital: MarouaNorthernmost region, in the Sahel, reaching Lake Chad and bordering Nigeria and Chad.
  5. LittoralLTCapital: DoualaCoastal region whose capital, Douala, is the country's largest city, main port and economic centre.
  6. NorthNordNOCapital: GarouaRegion of the Benue River basin, between the Adamawa Plateau and the Far North.
  7. NorthwestNord-OuestNWCapital: BamendaHighland region of the Western Grassfields. With the Southwest, it formed part of the British-administered Southern Cameroons before reunification in 1961.
  8. SouthSudSUCapital: EbolowaForested coastal region bordering Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Congo; it includes the port city of Kribi.
  9. SouthwestSud-OuestSWCapital: BueaCoastal region at the foot of Mount Cameroon. Buea was the capital of German Kamerun and later of Southern Cameroons.
  10. WestOuestOUCapital: BafoussamDensely populated highland region of the Grassfields, known for its many traditional chiefdoms.

Population, divisions, climate and other regional facts are added only once they can be sourced.

About the country

Republic in Central Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. Officially bilingual (English and French), it is organised into ten regions. Its political capital is Yaoundé and its largest city and main port is Douala.

Sources

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    Cameroon
    Encyclopaedia BritannicaLast verified: Not yet verified

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    Cameroon
    WikipediaLast verified: Not yet verified

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