The Central Region is one of the ten regions of Cameroon 1 , located in the center of the country. Its capital is Yaoundé , which is also the capital of the country. It has an area of ​​68,953  km 2 2 .

Situation

The region is located in the centre of the country, with an average altitude of 200 to 600 metres2 , it borders five Cameroonian regions.

Bordering regions of the Center
West Adamawa

Coastline East

South

Subdivisions

Departments

The departments of the Centre region.

The Centre region is made up of 10 departments. The second largest region in the country, it covers an area of ​​68,926  km2 , or 14.5% of the national territory, and is home to more than 2,501,200 inhabitants3 .

Department
Capital Area Population (2001)
Upper Sanaga
Nanga-Eboko 11,854 115 305
Lekie
Monatele 2,989 354,864
Mbam-and-Inoubou
Bafia 7 125 153,020
Mbam-and-Kim
Ntui 25,906 64,540
Mefou and Afamba
Mfou 3,338 89,805
Mefou-and-Akono
Ngoumou 1,329 57,051
Mfoundi
Yaounde 297 1,248,235
Nyong-and-Kéllé
Eseka 6,362 145 181
Nyong-and-Mfoumou
Akonolinga 6 172 130 321
Nyong-and-So’o
Mbalmayo 3,581 142,907
Districts

The region has 70 districts 4 .

Communes

Detailed articles: Communes of Cameroon and List of communes in the Centre region of Cameroon .

The region has 63 communes , seven district communes and one urban community: Yaoundé 4 .

Traditional chiefdoms

Ethnic groups of the Central region.

The Central region has six traditional 1st degree chiefdoms , 171 2nd degree chiefdoms and 2,535 3rd degree chiefdoms 5 .

Population

In 2015, the region had 5,000,000 inhabitants 2 and, on a Cameroonian scale, had an average density of 44.9  inhabitants/km 2 6 .

Culture

Traditional Dances

Ekang .
Bafia .
Bikutsi .
Bikutsi dance group .
Bikutsi .

Environment

The region (with the neighbouring Littoral region) is home to an exceptionally rich and well-preserved ecological environment: the Ebo forest , which was considered to be classified as a national park from 2006 to 2012 , then opened up to logging (decision of theJuly 14, 2020), before the government changed its mind (decision of August 2020) 7 .