Logone-et-Chari is a
department of
Extreme-Nord Province in
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 ...
. The department covers an area of 12,133 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 486,997. The capital of the department is at
Kousséri. Most inhabitants of this department speak
kotoko/Arab/.
Subdivisions
The department is divided administratively into 10
communes
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
and in turn into villages.
Communes
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Blangoua
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Darak
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Fotokol
Fotokol is a town and Communes of Cameroon, commune in Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region (Cameroon), Far North Region, Cameroon. It is home to Fotokol High School.
The town is about across a small river from the Nigerian village of Gam ...
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Goulfey
*
Hile-Alifa
*
Kousséri
*
Logone-Birni
*
Makary
*
Waza
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Zina
''Zināʾ'' () or ''zinā'' ( or ) is an Islamic legal term referring to unlawful sexual intercourse. According to traditional jurisprudence, ''zina'' can include adultery, fornication, prostitution, sodomy, incest, and bestiality. ''Zi ...
Languages
Languages spoken include:
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Afade
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Chadian Arabic
Chadian Arabic (), also known as Shuwa Arabic, Western Sudanic Arabic, or West Sudanic Arabic (WSA), is a variety of Arabic and the first language of 1.9 million people in Chad, both town dwellers and Baggara, nomadic cattle herders. Most of its ...
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Jina
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Kuo
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Lagwan
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Majera
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Malgbe
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Maslam
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Masana
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Nzakambay
References
Departments of Cameroon
Far North Region (Cameroon)
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