Mayo-Tsanaga is a

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of Extreme-Nord Province in

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. The department covers an area of 4,393 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 699,971. The capital of the department is at

Mokolo Mokolo is the departmental capital and largest city of the Mayo-Tsanaga department, in the Far North Province of Cameroon. It is the fourth largest city in the Far North Province, after Maroua, Yagoua, and Kousséri. It is located in the Manda ...

. It is located within the

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, on the border with

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Subdivisions

The department is divided administratively into 7

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and in turn into villages.

Communes

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Mogodé Mogodé is a commune in Mayo-Tsanaga Department, 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 N ...

* Mozogo * Souledé-Roua

Gallery

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References

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