North Region (Cameroon)

North Region
Location of North Region within Cameroon
Coordinates: 8°30′N 14°00′E / 8.500°N 14.000°E / 8.500; 14.000
Country	Cameroon
Capital	Garoua
Departments	Bénoué, Faro, Mayo-Louti, Mayo-Rey
Government
• Governor	Roger-Moïse Eyène Lom
Area
• Total	66,090 km2 (25,520 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	2,442,578
• Density	37/km2 (96/sq mi)
HDI (2017)	0.430[1] low · 9th of 10

The North Region (French: Région du Nord) makes up 66,090 km² of the northern half of The Republic of Cameroon. Neighbouring territories include the Far North Region to the north, the Adamawa Region to the south, Nigeria to the west, Chad to the east, and Central African Republic to the southeast. The city of Garoua is both the political and industrial capital. Garoua is Cameroon's third largest port, despite the fact that the Bénoué River upon which it relies is only navigable for short periods of the year.

Major ethnic groups include the Fula or Fulani (Fula: Fulɓe; French: Peul), who are Islamic pastoralists, and numerous Muslim and animist speakers of Adamawa, Chadic, and Nilo-Saharan languages. French is the language of formal education, and Fulfulde, the language of the Fulbe, is widespread as a lingua franca.