Bénoué is a

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of North Province in

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

. The department covers an area of 13,614 km and as of 2005 had a total population of 1,781,955. The capital of the department lies at

Garoua Garoua or Garua (Fula: Garwa 𞤺𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢) is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 1,285,000 inhabit ...

Subdivisions

The department is divided administratively into 11 communes and in turn into villages.

Communes

* Barndaké (also known as Mayo Hourna Arrondissement) * Bashéo (Baschéo) *

Bibemi Bibemi is a town and commune in Cameroon. Notable people * Goggo Addi (1911–1999), storyteller who worked to preserve Fulani cultural heritage See also *Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of ad ...

Dembo Dembo is a surname, and may refer to: * António Dembo, Angolan leader of UNITA * Fennis Dembo, American basketball player * Isaac Dembo, Russian-Jewish physician * Leonard Dembo, Zimbabwean guitar-band musician * Richard Dembo, French director and ...

(urban) *

(rural) *

Gashiga Gaschiga is a town and commune in Cameroon. See also *Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each provin ...

(also known as

Demsa Demsa is a Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria with headquarters located in Demsa. Demsa lies on the Benue River. History Demsa Local Government Area is one of the twenty one LGAs in Adamawa State and has the postal code of 642. T ...

Arrondissement) *

Lagdo Lagdo is a town and community in Cameroon. See also *Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province ...

* Ngong (also known as Tcheboa Arrondissement) *

Pitoa Pitoa is a town and commune in Cameroon. See also *Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province ( ...

Touroua Touroua is a town and commune in Cameroon. See also *Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province ...

Gallery

File:Drone view Benoue.jpg, View of Bénoué huts from drone File:Drone view at Benoue.jpg, Bénoué view from drone BénouéNP3

References

Departments of Cameroon North Region (Cameroon) {{Cameroon-geo-stub