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British Cameroons

former British mandate territory in West Africa
Organization historical_country Q1028835
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Summary

British Cameroons is a historical country[1]. It draws 1,913 Wikipedia views per month (historical country category, ranking #450 of 1,549).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Christianity[3], Islam[4]
  • Continent: Africa[5]
  • Instance of: League of Nations mandate[6], United Nations trust territory[7]
  • Capital: Buea[8]
  • Official language: English[9]
  • Currency: British West African pound[10]
  • Anthem: God Save the King[11]
  • Basic form of government: League of Nations mandate[12]
  • Followed by: Federal Republic of Cameroon[13], Nigeria[14]
  • Part of: British Empire[15], British West Africa[16]
  • Commons category: British Cameroons[17]
  • Inception: June 28, 1919[18]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: October 1, 1961[19]
  • Authority: League of Nations[20], United Nations[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:British Cameroon[22]
  • Replaces: Kamerun[23]
  • Replaced by: Federal Republic of Cameroon[24]
  • Category for people born here: Q24194375[25]
  • Native label: British Cameroons[26]
  • Language used: Basaa[27], English[28]
  • Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: Nigeria[29], Cameroon[30]

Why It Matters

British Cameroons has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Nigeria United Nations

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 32
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'ff', 'fi', 'fr', 'ha', 'he', 'hr', '
    Part of → British Empire, British West Africa
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Part of: British West Africa, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  2. 19d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity → Nigeria, Cameroon
    Gnd id → 115165-4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  3. 15w ago · Charp238 · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → former British mandate territory in West Africa
    Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity → Nigeria, Cameroon
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: Nigeria"
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