Littoral Region (Cameroon)

Littoral Region
Location of Littoral Region within Cameroon
Location of Littoral Region within Cameroon
Coordinates: 4°00′N 10°00′E / 4.000°N 10.000°E / 4.000; 10.000
CountryCameroon
CapitalDouala
DepartmentsMoungo, Nkam, Sanaga-Maritime, Wouri
Government
 • GovernorSamuel Ivaha Diboua (2015– )
Area
 • Total36,452 km2 (14,074 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total3,354,978
 • Density92/km2 (240/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeCM-LT
HDI (2022)0.706[1]
high · 1st of 10

The Littoral Region (French: Région du Littoral) is a region of Cameroon. Its capital is Douala. As of 2004, its population was 3,174,437.[2] Its name is due to the region being largely littoral, and associated with the sea coast.

The Douala Edéa Wildlife Reserve is in the region.

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. ^ Cameroon at GeoHive Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine