Mayo-Tsanaga is a
department of
Extreme-Nord Province in
Cameroon
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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 Mandara M ...
. It is located within the
Mandara Mountains
The Mandara Mountains are a volcanic range extending about 190 km (about 120 mi) along the northern part of the Cameroon–Nigeria border, from the Benue River in the south () to the north-west of Maroua in the north (). The highest ...
, on the border with
Nigeria
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.
Subdivisions
The department is divided administratively into 7
communes
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
and in turn into villages.
Communes
*
Bourrha
*
Hina
Hina may refer to:
People and deities
* Hina (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Hina (goddess), the name assigned to a number of Polynesian deities.
* Hina (singer), of 2021 group Lightsum
Other u ...
*
Koza
*
Mogodé
*
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 Mandara M ...
*
Mozogo
*
Souledé-Roua
Gallery
File:Mandara Mountains - panoramio (1).jpg, Mandara Mountains
File:Mandara Mountains - panoramio (2).jpg, Mandara Mountains
File:Mandara Mountains - panoramio.jpg, Mandara Mountains
References
Departments of Cameroon
Far North Region (Cameroon)
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