List of Cameroon chiefs in Far North and North according to District, Chiefdom and Chief’s name.
Far North
Diamaré – Capital: ( Maroua )
DISTRICT
NAME OF THE CHIEFDOM
CHIEF’S NAME
MAROUA
MAROUA LAMIDATE
BAKARI YERIMA BOUBA
KOUSSERI
GOULFEY
ALI MAHAMAT
Logone Et Chari – Capital: ( Kousseri )
DISTRICT
NAME OF THE CHIEFDOM
CHIEF’S NAME
LOGONE-BIRNI
SULTANATE OF LOGONE-BIRNI
MAHAMAT B.MAROUF
YAGOUA
CHIEFDOM OF YAGOUA
LITASSOU MAKAÏNI
Mayo Danay – Capital: ( Yagoua )
DISTRICT
NAME OF THE CHIEFDOM
CHIEF’S NAME
MAGA
CHIEFDOM OF GUIRVINDIG
AMPOU AGOURDA
KALFOU
CHIEFDOM OF KALFOU
YERIMA HAMADOU TOMBOUTOU
KAELE
DOUMROU LAMIDATE
AMINOU AHMADOU
Mayo Kani – Capital: ( Kaélé )
DISTRICT
NAME OF THE CHIEFDOM
CHIEF’S NAME
MORA
WANDALA SULTANATE
EL HADJ YERIMA BRAHIM BOUKAR
Mayo Sava – Capital: ( Mora )
DISTRICT
NAME OF THE CHIEFDOM
CHIEF’S NAME
MOKOLO
MATAKAM-SOUTH LAMIDATE
DJEGUELE ZOGUE
Mayo Tsanaga – Capital: ( Mokolo )
DISTRICT
NAME OF THE CHIEFDOM
CHIEF’S NAME
GAROUA 1st
LAMIDAT DE GAROUA
ALIM HAYATOU
North
Benue – Capital: ( Garoua )
DISTRICT
NAME OF THE CHIEFDOM
CHIEF’S NAME
BIBEMI
BIBEMI STARCH
DAOUDA ALADJI
GUIDE
CHIEFDOM OF LAM
HAMATI TIZI
Mayo Louti – Chief town: ( Guide )
DISTRICT
NAME OF THE CHIEFDOM
CHIEF’S NAME
MAYO-OULO
CHIEFDOM OF MAYO-OULO
AHMADOU BABALE
REY-BOUBA
LAMIDAT DE REY-BOUBA
ABOUBAKARY ABDOULAYE
Mayo Rey – Capital: ( Tcholliré )
DISTRICT
NAME OF THE CHIEFDOM
CHIEF’S NAME
REY-BOUBA
LAMIDAT DE REY-BOUBA
ABOUBAKARY ABDOULAYE
Cameroon
Cameroon is a country in Central Africa. It is known for its cultural diversity, with more than 200 ethnic groups and languages spoken in the country. It is also rich in natural resources, such as oil, gas, timber, cocoa, coffee, and minerals.
Capital City: Yaounde Area: 475 442 km2 Population: 23 739 218 hab. (2015) Currency: Franc CFA BEAC (XAF)
It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south.
Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages and English or French or both.
Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest.
Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area Rio dos Camarões (Shrimp River), which became Cameroon in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate in the north in the 19th century, and various ethnic groups of the west and northwest established powerful chiefdoms and fondoms.
Cameroon became a German colony in 1884 known as Kamerun. After World War I, it was divided between France and the United Kingdom as League of Nations mandates.
The Union des Populations du Cameroun (UPC) political party advocated independence, but was outlawed by France in the 1950s, leading to the national liberation insurgency fought between French and UPC militant forces until early 1971.
In 1960, the French-administered part of Cameroon became independent, as the Republic of Cameroun, under President Ahmadou Ahidjo. The southern part of British Cameroons federated with it in 1961 to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
The federation was abandoned in 1972. The country was renamed the United Republic of Cameroon in 1972 and back to the Republic of Cameroon in 1984 by a presidential decree by president Paul Biya.
Biya, the president, has led the country since 1982 following Ahidjo’s resignation; he previously held office as prime minister from 1975 onward. Cameroon is governed as a Unitary Presidential Republic.
