Lekié is a
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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of
Centre Province
The Centre Region (french: région du Centre) occupies 69,000 km2 of the central plains of the Republic of Cameroon. It is bordered to the north by the Adamawa Region, to the south by the South Region, to the east by the East Region, and t ...
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 2,989 km and had a total population of 354,864.
The capital of the department lies at
Monatélé.
It is named after the
Lekié River.
Subdivisions
The department is divided administratively into nine
communes
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and in turn into villages.
Communes
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Batchenga
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Ebebda
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Elig-Mfomo
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Evodoula
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Lobo
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Monatélé
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Obala
Obala is a town in Cameroon's Centre Province, ca 45 km north of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon.
Overview
The town is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese and hosts a military academy. Tourists in Obala may visit the somewhat derelict L ...
*
Okola
Okola is a town and commune in Cameroon with a population of around 5,390. It is located from the capital Yaoundé, sitting at an elevation of . The volcano Mount Manengouba is west-northwest of Okola. The nearest sea is the Gulf of Guinea, which ...
*
Sa'a
References
Departments of Cameroon
Centre Region (Cameroon)
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