North Region

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North Region is a large, predominantly rural administrative region in northern Cameroon known for its savanna landscapes, diverse ethnic groups, and agriculture-based economy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
North Region canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
first-level administrative division of Cameroon ⓘ
administrativeCentre Garoua ⓘ
borderedBy Adamawa Region (Cameroon) ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Far North Region (Cameroon) ⓘ
Northwest Region (Cameroon) ⓘ
West Region (Cameroon) ⓘ
capital Garoua ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
containsCity Figuil ⓘ
Garoua ⓘ
Guider ⓘ
Lagdo ⓘ
Poli ⓘ
containsDepartment Bénoué Department ⓘ
Faro Department ⓘ
Mayo-Louti Department ⓘ
Mayo-Rey Department ⓘ
containsTown Bibemi ⓘ
Pitoa ⓘ
Rey Bouba ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
crossedBy Benue River ⓘ
economyType agriculture-based economy ⓘ
ethnicGroupPresent Fulani (Peul) ⓘ
linked to: Fulani

Kapsiki-related groups ⓘ
Mafa-related groups ⓘ
hasReservoir Lagdo Reservoir ⓘ
hasSubdivisionType department ⓘ
largestCity Garoua ⓘ
locatedIn northern Cameroon ⓘ
majorCrop cotton ⓘ
groundnuts ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity cash-crop farming ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
majorRiver Benue River ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
partOf Republic of Cameroon ⓘ
linked to: Cameroon
populationCharacteristic ethnically diverse ⓘ
predominantly rural ⓘ
predominantLandscape savanna ⓘ
religionPresent Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
terrain Sudano-Sahelian savanna ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cameroon → administrativeDivision → North Region ⓘ
Lagdo → region → North Region ⓘ