Far North Region (Cameroon)

Far North ( Extrême -Nord French or English Far North ) is a region of Cameroon with capital Maroua.

Geography

The region is located in the north of the country and is bordered to the north, east and south-east by Chad, on the southwest by the Northern Region and to the west by Nigeria. The topography of the region is dominated in the north to the south of the Mandara Mountains, in the central part of the plains of the Waza - level and the Firki levels of Chad Basin. The border demarcation to Nigeria is marked by the river during the El Beid, the form on Chad Logone and Chari rivers. In the north of the province still holds minor fractions of the free water surface of Lake Chad. The province has by their large floodplains a great ecological importance, as two national parks have been established already in the 1930s. It is the 45- km ² Kalamalou National Park in the north and the 1700 km ² large Waza National Park in the southwest.

Political Structure

The region is divided into 6 districts. In the table below, each district is assigned to the district capital.

History

The region ( province until 2008 ) was established in 1983 with the division of Nord ( North ) in the provinces of Adamawa, Far North and today's Northern Region (North ) Province.

Adamawa / Adamawa | Centre | Est / East | North Extrême-Nord/Extreme | Littoral | Nord / North | Nord-Ouest/Northwest | Ouest / West | Sud / South | Sud-Ouest/Southwest

• Province (Cameroon)
• Extrême -Nord