Subdivision
Kolofata
Subdivision (arrondissement) of the Mayo-Sava division, Far North region.
Names and codes as published in the national administrative boundaries dataset (Institut National de Cartographie, via OCHA), valid on 4 January 2019. Some names are published without accents.
Towns, villages and neighbourhoods
1 places on InsideKamer lie in Kolofata, according to Wikidata.
From Wikipedia
Kolofata is a town and commune in Cameroon.
Boko Haram Attacks
On January 12, 2015 a military base in Kolofata was assaulted by Boko Haram. The Islamist group had attacked towns in Northern Cameroon in December 2014 The attack was repelled with only one Cameroonian officer killed. 143 Boko Haram insurgents were killed by the Cameroonian Army.
Another attack was reported in 2017.
This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.
Sources
- 1.Cameroon — Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB, v01)
Downloaded on 2026-10-14. Names, P-codes and hierarchy of the 10 regions, 58 divisions and 360 subdivisions, valid on 2019-01-04. Names are given as published; some omit accents.
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