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436:. A presidential decree of 12 November 2008 officially instigated the change from provinces to regions. Each region is headed by a presidentially appointed governor. These leaders are charged with implementing the will of the president, reporting on the general mood and conditions of the regions, administering the civil service, keeping the peace, and overseeing the heads of the smaller administrative units. Governors have broad powers: they may order propaganda in their area and call in the army,
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The regions are subdivided into 58 divisions (departments). These are headed by presidentially appointed divisional officers (
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469:), are the smallest administrative units. These are found in large sub-divisions and in regions that are difficult to reach.
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532:) lies on the Gulf of Guinea and the southern border. Cameroon's western region is split into four smaller regions: The
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451:), who perform the governors' duties on a smaller scale. The divisions are further sub-divided into sub-divisions (
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divides
Cameroon into ten semi-autonomous regions, each under the administration of an elected
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The
Northwest province of Cameroon contains the following seven departments:
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The
Southwest province of Cameroon contains the following six departments:
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The
Littoral province of Cameroon contains the following four departments:
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The Far North province of
Cameroon contains the following six departments:
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The
Adamawa province of Cameroon contains the following five departments:
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1078:
The West province of
Cameroon contains the following eight departments:
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The South province of
Cameroon contains the following four departments:
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The Centre province of
Cameroon contains the following ten departments:
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The North province of
Cameroon contains the following four departments:
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828:
The East province of Cameroon contains the following four departments:
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425:. The divisions are listed below, by Macro-Region and region.
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415:. The divisions are further subdivided into subdivisions (
575:
See summary of administrative history in Zeitlyn 2018.
463:). The districts, administered by district heads (
1193:"A summary of Cameroonian Administrative history"
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1923:List of administrative divisions by country
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472:The three northernmost regions are the
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27:Second-level administrative divisions
552:) regions are on the coast, and the
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1952:Administrative divisions in Africa
1140:List of municipalities of Cameroon
502:). Directly south of them are the
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1957:Lists of administrative divisions
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1180:United States Department of State
1967:Cameroon geography-related lists
1539:Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
1309:Democratic Republic of the Congo
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48:
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1019:Divisions of Southwest province
959:Divisions of Northwest province
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649:Divisions of Far North province
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914:Divisions of Littoral province
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1:
1191:Zeitlyn, David (2018-08-03).
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599:Divisions of Adamawa province
749:Divisions of Centre province
284:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
7:
1747:Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
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903:
869:Divisions of South province
734:South Cameroon Macro-Region
704:Divisions of North province
579:North Cameroon Macro-Region
10:
1983:
1197:Vestiges: Traces of Record
1074:Divisions of West province
899:West Cameroon Macro-Region
824:Divisions of East province
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1947:Subdivisions of Cameroon
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1665:administrative divisions
1294:Central African Republic
1135:Subdivisions of Cameroon
180:Administrative divisions
1942:Departments of Cameroon
399:Departments of Cameroon
391:Ten regions of Cameroon
1241:Subdivisions of Africa
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41:Politics of Cameroon
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278:Foreign relations
265:Political parties
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16:(Redirected from
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1618:
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845:
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835:
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731:
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1792:Guinea-Bissau
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1788:
1785:
1783:
1780:
1778:
1775:
1773:
1770:
1768:
1765:
1763:
1760:
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1395:
1392:
1390:
1387:
1385:
1382:
1380:
1377:
1375:
1372:
1370:
1369:Guinea-Bissau
1367:
1365:
1362:
1360:
1357:
1355:
1352:
1350:
1347:
1345:
1342:
1340:
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1133:
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1127:
1119:
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1106:
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1084:
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1080:
1079:
1072:
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1024:
1017:
1010:
1006:
999:
996:
994:
991:
989:
986:
984:
981:
979:
978:Donga-Mantung
976:
974:
971:
969:
966:
965:
964:
957:
950:
946:
939:
936:
934:
931:
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891:
889:
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884:
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848:Lom-et-Djerem
846:
844:
841:
839:
836:
834:
831:
830:
829:
822:
815:
811:
804:
803:Nyong-et-So'o
801:
799:
796:
794:
791:
789:
786:
784:
781:
779:
776:
774:
771:
769:
766:
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747:
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729:
726:
724:
721:
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