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]
Region
French name
Capital
Population (2005 census)
Population (2022 est.)
Area (km2)
Population density (/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
Politics of Cameroon
Constitution
Human rights
Government
President (list)
Paul Biya
Prime Minister (list)
Joseph Ngute
Government
Parliament
Senate
President: Marcel Niat Njifenji
National Assembly
President: Cavayé Yéguié Djibril
Administrative divisions
Regions
Departments
Communes
Villages
Elections
Recent elections
Presidential: 2018
2025
Parliamentary: 2020
2025
Political parties
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Lejeune Mbella Mbella
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^Zeitlyn, David (2018-08-03). "A summary of Cameroonian Administrative history". Vestiges: Traces of Record. 4 (1): 1–13.
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