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Bénoué is a department of North Province in 
File:Drone view Benoue.jpg, View of Bénoué huts from drone
File:Drone view at Benoue.jpg, Bénoué view from drone
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 ...
. 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 inhabita ...
.
Subdivisions
The department is divided administratively into 11communes
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...
and in turn into villages.
Communes
* Barndaké (also known as Mayo Hourna Arrondissement) * Bashéo (Baschéo) *Bibemi
Bibemi is a town and Communes of Cameroon, commune in Cameroon.
Notable people
* Goggo Addi (1911–1999), storyteller who worked to preserve Fula people, Fulani cultural heritage
See also
*Communes of Cameroon
References
Site de la primatur ...
* Dembo
* 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 inhabita ...
(urban)
* 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 inhabita ...
(rural)
* Gashiga (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.
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Arrondissement)
* Lagdo
* 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
Gallery
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 (now Regions).
As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban comm ...
References
Departments of Cameroon North Region (Cameroon) {{Cameroon-geo-stub