Regions of Cameroon

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

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The Republic of Cameroon is divided into ten regions.

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)

• 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

• Law, Gwillim (2005). "Provinces of Cameroon". statoids.com. Retrieved 3 June 2006.