
Mayo-Danay is a
department of
Far North Province
The Far North Region, also known as the Extreme North Region (from ), is the northernmost and most populous constituent province of Cameroon, the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the North Region (Cameroon), North Region to the south, Chad to ...
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Cameroon
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. 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
Yagoua is a town and commune in the Far North Province of Cameroon. It is the capital of the department of Mayo-Danay.
Administrative structure
Localities are::
Climate
Yagoua has a hot semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-dese ...
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Subdivisions
The department is divided administratively into 11
communes and in turn into villages.
Communes

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Datcheka
Datcheka is a town and commune in Cameroon in the Mayo-Danay department, Far North Region of Cameroon. As of 2005 census, it had a population of 31,545.''Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat'' (3e RGPH, 2005), Burea ...
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Gobo
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Gueme
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Guere
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Kai-Kai
Kai-Kai is a town and Communes of Cameroon, commune in Cameroon.
2013 dam failure and flood
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Kalfou
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Kay-Hay
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Maga
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Tchati-Bali
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Wina
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Yagoua
Yagoua is a town and commune in the Far North Province of Cameroon. It is the capital of the department of Mayo-Danay.
Administrative structure
Localities are::
Climate
Yagoua has a hot semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-dese ...
Villages
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Guirvidig
Guirvidig is a town in the Mayo-Danay Department of the Far North Region of Cameroon.
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 and th ...
References
Departments of Cameroon
Far North Region (Cameroon)
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