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The Republic of Cameroon is divided into ten regions:

	Region	French name	Capital	Population (1987)	Area (km²)	Population density (/km²)
1.	Adamawa	Adamaoua	Ngaoundéré	495,185	63,691	8
2.	Centre	Centre	Yaoundé	1,651,600	68,926	24
3.	East	Est	Bertoua	517,198	109,011	5
4.	Far North	Extrême-Nord	Maroua	1,855,695	34,246	54
5.	Littoral	Littoral	Douala	1,352,833	20,239	67
6.	North	Nord	Garoua	832,165	65,576	13
7.	Northwest	Nord-Ouest	Bamenda	1,237,348	17,812	69
8.	South	Sud	Ebolowa	373,798	47,110	8
9.	Southwest	Sud-Ouest	Buea	838,042	24,571	34
10.	West	Ouest	Bafoussam	1,339,791	13,872	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.

[edit] See also

ISO 3166-2:CM

[edit] References

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