Northern Cameroons

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Northern Cameroons was a former British-administered United Nations trust territory in West Africa that later voted to join the Republic of Cameroon.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
northern Cameroon 4
Northern Cameroons canonical 3
Northern Cameroon 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former British-administered territory
former United Nations trust territory
former colonial territory in Africa
administeredAs United Nations trust territory
linked to: UN Trust Territory
administeredBy United Kingdom
associatedWithInternationalLawCase Northern Cameroons (Cameroon v. United Kingdom)
borderedBy Nigeria
Republic of Cameroon
linked to: Cameroon
colonialAdministratorType British colonial administration
colonialContext decolonization of Africa
colonialLanguage English
continent Africa
currentTerritoryPartOf Far North Region of Cameroon
North Region of Cameroon
dateOfUnionWithCameroon 1961
dateOfUNTrusteeshipAgreement 1946
decolonizationMechanism UN-supervised plebiscite
formerColonialPower United Kingdom
formerInternationalStatus non-self-governing territory
geographicalFeature Sudano-Sahelian zone
linked to: Sahel
governedUnder British Cameroons administration
heldPlebiscite 1961
historicalEra 20th century
historicalRegionOf Cameroon
historicalSovereign United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
linked to: United Kingdom
ICJCaseApplicant Republic of Cameroon
linked to: Cameroon
ICJCaseRespondent United Kingdom NERFINISHED
ICJCaseSubject termination of trusteeship and obligations of administering authority
ICJCaseYear 1963
internationalCourt International Court of Justice
locatedIn West Africa
mandatedTo United Kingdom NERFINISHED
partitionedFrom German Kamerun
partOf British Cameroons
plebisciteOrganizedBy United Nations
plebisciteOutcome voted to join Republic of Cameroon
plebisciteQuestion union with Nigeria or union with Republic of Cameroon
politicalTransition from UN trust territory to part of independent Cameroon
predecessorTerritoryOf Republic of Cameroon
linked to: Cameroon
regionType landlocked territory
relatedColonialEntity British Nigeria
relatedTerritory Southern Cameroons
linked to: Southern Cameroon
separatedFrom Southern Cameroons
linked to: Southern Cameroon
statusAfterWorldWarI League of Nations mandate territory
statusAfterWorldWarII United Nations trust territory
linked to: UN Trust Territory
successorState Republic of Cameroon
linked to: Cameroon
trusteeshipSystem United Nations Trusteeship Council
linked to: Trusteeship Council

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Referenced by (11)

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

Adamawa Plateau locatedIn North Cameroon
linked to: Northern Cameroons
Maroua locatedIn northern Cameroon
linked to: Northern Cameroons
Jarawan Bantu spokenIn northern Cameroon
linked to: Northern Cameroons
Hausa architecture region Northern Cameroon
linked to: Northern Cameroons
Adamawa Emirate locatedInRegion northern Cameroon
linked to: Northern Cameroons
Mofu-Gudur spokenIn Northern Cameroon
linked to: Northern Cameroons
Gude spokenIn northern Cameroon
linked to: Northern Cameroons
UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 location Northern Cameroons
UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 hasPart Northern Cameroons plebiscite
linked to: Northern Cameroons