Northern Cameroons

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

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
northern Cameroon 4
Northern Cameroons canonical 3
Northern Cameroon 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

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