Anglophone regions of Cameroon

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The Anglophone regions of Cameroon are the primarily English-speaking western areas of the country, historically administered under British rule and distinct from the Francophone majority in language, legal system, and educational traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
administeredUnder League of Nations mandate NERFINISHED
United Nations trust territory system
alsoKnownAs English-speaking regions of Cameroon NERFINISHED
Southern Cameroons NERFINISHED
West Cameroon NERFINISHED
associatedConflict Anglophone Crisis NERFINISHED
associatedMovement Ambazonian independence movement NERFINISHED
borderWith Nigeria NERFINISHED
claimedAs Ambazonia NERFINISHED
climate tropical monsoon
colonialStatus British Mandate territory
British Trust Territory NERFINISHED
comprises Northwest Region of Cameroon NERFINISHED
Southwest Region of Cameroon NERFINISHED
country Cameroon NERFINISHED
demographicCharacteristic minority of Cameroon's total population
distinctFrom Francophone regions of Cameroon
educationSystem Anglo-Saxon educational tradition
geographicalFeature Cameroon Highlands NERFINISHED
Mount Cameroon NERFINISHED
governanceSystem decentralized unitary state (de jure)
historicalEvent partition of German Kamerun after World War I
historicalLanguage Cameroonian Pidgin English NERFINISHED
Pidgin English
historicallyAdministeredBy United Kingdom NERFINISHED
joined Republic of Cameroon in 1961
legalSystem common law
linguisticMinorityStatus English-speaking minority in a majority French-speaking country
mainEconomicActivities agriculture
petroleum (offshore Southwest)
plantation agriculture
timber
trade with Nigeria
mainEthnicGroups Bakweri NERFINISHED
Bamileke-related groups
Bayangi NERFINISHED
Grassfields peoples NERFINISHED
Manyu peoples NERFINISHED
majorCity Bamenda NERFINISHED
Buea NERFINISHED
officialLanguage English
partOf British Cameroons NERFINISHED
perceivedMarginalization Francophonization of education
erosion of common law system
underinvestment in infrastructure
underrepresentation in central government
politicalIssue Anglophone problem in Cameroon
regionalCapitalOf Northwest Region of Cameroon NERFINISHED
Southwest Region of Cameroon NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
unificationEvent 1961 plebiscite in British Cameroons NERFINISHED

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Southwest Region partOf Anglophone regions of Cameroon
subject surface form: Southwest Region (Cameroon)
UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 languageContext Anglophone regions of Cameroon
this entity surface form: English-speaking Southern Cameroons
UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 significantFor Anglophone regions of Cameroon