Northern Cameroons

E414804

former British-administered territory former United Nations trust territory former colonial territory in Africa

Northern Cameroons was a former British-administered United Nations trust territory in West Africa that later voted to join the Republic of Cameroon.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
northern Cameroon	4
Northern Cameroons canonical	3
Northern Cameroon	2
North Cameroon	1
Northern Cameroons plebiscite	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British-administered territory ⓘ former United Nations trust territory ⓘ former colonial territory in Africa ⓘ
administeredAs	UN Trust Territory ⓘ surface form: United Nations trust territory
administeredBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithInternationalLawCase	Northern Cameroons (Cameroon v. United Kingdom) ⓘ
borderedBy	Nigeria ⓘ Cameroon ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cameroon
colonialAdministratorType	British colonial administration ⓘ
colonialContext	decolonization of Africa ⓘ
colonialLanguage	English ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
currentTerritoryPartOf	Far North Region (Cameroon) ⓘ surface form: Far North Region of Cameroon North Region of Cameroon ⓘ
dateOfUnionWithCameroon	1961 ⓘ
dateOfUNTrusteeshipAgreement	1946 ⓘ
decolonizationMechanism	UN-supervised plebiscite ⓘ
formerColonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
formerInternationalStatus	non-self-governing territory ⓘ
geographicalFeature	Sahel ⓘ surface form: Sudano-Sahelian zone
governedUnder	Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration ⓘ surface form: British Cameroons administration
heldPlebiscite	1961 ⓘ
historicalEra	20th century ⓘ
historicalRegionOf	Cameroon ⓘ
historicalSovereign	United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
ICJCaseApplicant	Cameroon ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cameroon
ICJCaseRespondent	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
ICJCaseSubject	termination of trusteeship and obligations of administering authority ⓘ
ICJCaseYear	1963 ⓘ
internationalCourt	International Court of Justice ⓘ
locatedIn	West Africa ⓘ
mandatedTo	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
partitionedFrom	German Kamerun ⓘ
partOf	Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration ⓘ surface form: British Cameroons
plebisciteOrganizedBy	United Nations ⓘ
plebisciteOutcome	Southwest Region of Cameroon ⓘ surface form: voted to join Republic of Cameroon
plebisciteQuestion	union with Nigeria or union with Republic of Cameroon ⓘ
politicalTransition	from UN trust territory to part of independent Cameroon ⓘ
predecessorTerritoryOf	Cameroon ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cameroon
regionType	landlocked territory ⓘ
relatedColonialEntity	British Nigeria ⓘ
relatedTerritory	Southern Cameroon ⓘ surface form: Southern Cameroons
separatedFrom	Southern Cameroon ⓘ surface form: Southern Cameroons
statusAfterWorldWarI	League of Nations mandate system ⓘ surface form: League of Nations mandate territory
statusAfterWorldWarII	UN Trust Territory ⓘ surface form: United Nations trust territory
successorState	Cameroon ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cameroon
trusteeshipSystem	Trusteeship Council ⓘ surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration → partitionedInto → Northern Cameroons ⓘ

Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration → integratedPart → Northern Cameroons ⓘ

Adamawa Plateau → locatedIn → Northern Cameroons ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Cameroon

Maroua → locatedIn → Northern Cameroons ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Cameroon

Jarawan Bantu → spokenIn → Northern Cameroons ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Cameroon

Hausa architecture → region → Northern Cameroons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cameroon

Adamawa Emirate → locatedInRegion → Northern Cameroons ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Cameroon

Mofu-Gudur → spokenIn → Northern Cameroons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cameroon

Gude → spokenIn → Northern Cameroons ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Cameroon

UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 → location → Northern Cameroons ⓘ

UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 → hasPart → Northern Cameroons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cameroons plebiscite