Guirvidig is a town in the
Mayo-Danay
Mayo-Danay is a departments of Cameroon, department of Far North Province, Cameroon. The department covers an area of 5,303 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 529,061. The capital of the department is at Yagoua.
Subdivisions
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Department of the
Far North Region of
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. 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 R ...
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A dialect of the
Muskum language, Muzuk (Mousgoum de Guirvidig), is spoken in the town.
In 2014, Guirvidig was the site of fighting between
Boko Haram
Boko Haram, officially known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad (), is a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. In 2016, the group spli ...
and the Cameroonian military, in which a Boko Haram training camp was destroyed.
On 28 December 2014, Cameroonian troops repelled simultaneous Boko Haram raids into the towns of Guirvidig,
Amchide,
Makari,
Limani,
Waza and
Achigachia, all located in Cameroon's Far North Region.
See also
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Mayo-Danay
Mayo-Danay is a departments of Cameroon, department of Far North Province, Cameroon. The department covers an area of 5,303 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 529,061. The capital of the department is at Yagoua.
Subdivisions
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December 2014 Cameroon clashes
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Communes of Cameroon
The Divisions of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. They are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions).
As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban communities (Douala and Ya ...
References
Populated places in Far North Region (Cameroon)
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