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Also known as Centre Region, Centre Province

region of Cameroon

Key facts

Country
Cameroon
Capital
Yaoundé
Divisions
Haute-Sanaga , Lekié , Mbam-et-Inoubou , Mbam-et-Kim , Méfou-et-Afamba , Méfou-et-Akono , Mfoundi , Nyong-et-Kéllé , Nyong-et-Mfoumou , Nyong-et-So'o
Governor
Eyene Roger Nlom
Total
68,953 km (26,623 sq mi)
Density
60.324/km (156.24/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( WAT )
Hdi 2022
0.668 , medium · 3rd of 10

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Encyclopedic overview

The Centre Region (French: région du Centre) occupies 69,000 km 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 to the West by the Littoral and West Regions. It is the second largest (after East Region) of Cameroon's regions in land area. Major ethnic groups include the Bassa, Ewondo, and Vute.

Yaoundé, capital of Cameroon, is at the heart of the Centre, drawing people from the rest of the country to live and work there. The Centre's towns are also important industrial centres, especially for timber. Agriculture is another important economic factor, especially with regard to the province's most important cash crop, cocoa. Outside of the capital and the plantation zones, most inhabitants are sustenance farmers.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Centre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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