Cameroons

n. Republic of Cameroon, republic on the western coast of central Africa; former German protectorate that was divided into British Cameroons and French Cameroons

[Image:Cameroon boundary changes.PNG|300px|thumb|right|Cameroon over time ]]This article is about the historical British colony. For the modern nation, see Cameroon. Cameroons was a British Mandate territory in West Africa, now divided between Nigeria and Cameroon.The area of present-day Cameroon was claimed by Germany as a protectorate during the "Scramble for Africa" at the end of the 19th century. During World War I, it was occupied by British, French and Belgian troops, and later mandated to Great Britain and France by the League of Nations in 1922. The French mandate was known as Cameroun and the British territory was administered as two areas, Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons. Northern Cameroons consisted of two non-contiguous sections, divided by where the Nigerian and Cameroun borders met.
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