Regions of Cameroon

The Republic of Cameroon is divided into ten regions.

Regions of Cameroon Régions du Cameroun (French)
Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Cameroon
Number	10
Government	Semi-autonomous regional government
Subdivisions	Department

History

Between 1961 and 1972, Cameroon was a federal republic made up of two federated states, East Cameroon and West Cameroon.

A unitary system came into being in 1972. The country was then divided into provinces. In 1983, Centre-South Province was divided into Centre and South and at the same time, Adamawa and Far North Provinces were split from North Province. See summary of administrative history in Zeitlyn 2018.^[1]

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.

The Northwest region and Southwest region were granted special status in December 2019, giving them additional powers.

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  States of the Federal Republic of Cameroon (1961-1972)
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  Provinces of Cameroon (1972-1983)

List

No. Region French name Capital Population (2005 census) Population (2022 est.) Area (km2) Population density (per km2) 1. Adamawa Adamaoua Ngaoundéré 903,000 1,124,000 63,701 8 2. Centre Centre Yaoundé 3,105,000 3,905,000 68,953 24 3. East Est Bertoua 783,000 830,000 109,002 5 4. Far North Extrême-Nord Maroua 3,119,000 3,796,000 34,263 54 5. Littoral Littoral Douala 2,502,000 3,178,000 20,248 67 6. North Nord Garoua 1,703,000 2,297,000 66,090 13 7. Northwest Nord-Ouest Bamenda 1,735,000 1,906,000 17,300 69 8. South Sud Ebolowa 641,000 773,000 47,191 8 9. Southwest Sud-Ouest Buea 1,325,000 1,503,000 25,410 34 10. West Ouest Bafoussam 1,712,000 1,875,000 13,892 97

See also

• Communes of Cameroon
• Departments of Cameroon
• ISO 3166-2:CM
• List of municipalities of Cameroon
• List of regions of Cameroon by Human Development Index
• Subdivisions of Cameroon