British Cameroon
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"Cameroons" redirects here. For other uses, see Cameroon (disambiguation).
British Cameroon or the British Cameroons was a British mandate territory in British West Africa, formed of the Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons. Today, the Northern Cameroons forms parts of the Borno, Adamawa and Taraba states of Nigeria,[1] while the Southern Cameroons forms part of the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon.[2]
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British Cameroon | |||||||||||
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1916–1961 | |||||||||||
Anthem: God Save the King (1916–1952) God Save the Queen (1952–1961) | |||||||||||
Status | Mandate of the United Kingdom | ||||||||||
Capital | Buea | ||||||||||
Common languages | English (official) Duala, Oroko, Grassfields, Fula, Kanuri widely spoken | ||||||||||
Religion | Christianity (southern area) Islam (northern area) | ||||||||||
Historical era | World War I | ||||||||||
• Kamerun partitioned | 20 July 1916 | ||||||||||
1 October 1961 | |||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• Total | 89,526 km2 (34,566 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Currency | British West Africa pound | ||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | CM | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Cameroon Nigeria |
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