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Southern Cameroons

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Southern Cameroons
Flag of Southern Cameroons
Flag
Coat of arms of Southern Cameroons
Coat of arms
The Southern Cameroons now constitute the Southwest Region and Northwest Region.
The Southern Cameroons now constitute the Southwest Region and Northwest Region.
CapitalBuea
Official languagesEnglish
Religion
Christianity
Demonym(s)Southern Cameroonian
History 
• Established
1922
• Disestablished
1961
Area
• Total
42,710 sq mi (110,600 km2)
Population
• Estimate
2,100,000
CurrencyBritish West African pound
Today part ofCameroon

Southern Cameroons was the southern part of the British-controlled territory of British Cameroons that existed from 1922 to 1961. Since 1961, Southern Cameroons is part of Cameroon, where it became the Northwest and Southwest regions of the country.

Since 1994, pressure groups in the former Southern Cameroons have been seeking to achieve independence from Cameroon. In December 1999, the Federal Republic of Ambazonia was declared by the Southern Cameroons Peoples Organization (SCAPO).