Salak is a village in the
Far North Region of Cameroon, near the
Salak Airport
Salak Airport , is an airport serving Maroua, the capital of the Far North Region in Cameroon
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Geography
Salak is approximately 12 kilometers south of
Maroua, located close to the Nigerian and Chad borders to the west and east, respectively. It positioned near the
Mayo boula river, which is the site of a bridge,
and a part of the watershed of
Lake Chad
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Rapid Intervention Battalion
Salak is the site of a Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) military base for the
Cameroonian Armed Forces
The Cameroon Armed Forces (french: Forces armées camerounaises (FAC)) are the military of the Republic of Cameroon. The armed forces number 40,000 personnel in ground, air, and naval forces. There are approximately 40,000 troops in the army acr ...
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References
Populated places in Far North Region (Cameroon)
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