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Key facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Capital
- Garoua
- Departments
- Bénoué , Faro , Mayo-Louti , Mayo-Rey
- Governor
- Roger-Moïse Eyène Lom
- Total
- 66,090 km (25,520 sq mi)
- Density
- 36.96/km (95.72/sq mi)
- Hdi 2022
- 0.463 , low · 10th of 10
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1409445
- Area
- 66090
- Elevation
- 283
- Image
- Parc National Benoue.jpg
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- inception
- 1983-00-00
- Commons category
- North Region, Cameroon
- native label
- Région du Nord
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The North Region (French: Région du Nord) makes up 66,090 km of the northern half of The Republic of Cameroon. Neighbouring territories include the Far North Region to the north, the Adamawa Region to the south, Nigeria to the west, Chad to the east, and Central African Republic to the southeast. The city of Garoua is both the political and industrial capital. Garoua is Cameroon's third largest port, despite the fact that the Bénoué River upon which it relies is only navigable for short periods of the year.
Major ethnic groups include the Fula or Fulani (Fula: Fulɓe; French: Peul), who are Islamic pastoralists, and numerous Muslim and animist speakers of Adamawa, Chadic, and Nilo-Saharan languages. French is the language of formal education, and Fulfulde, the language of the Fulbe, is widespread as a lingua franca.