Division

Mezam

Division (département) of the Northwest region.

Provisional — awaiting verification

Subdivisions

The 7 subdivisions (arrondissements) of this division.

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

75 places on InsideKamer lie in Mezam, according to Wikidata.

The 60 best documented are listed. All places in the encyclopedia

From Wikipedia

Mezam is a division of the North West Region of Cameroon. The department covers an area of 1745 km2 and as of 2005 had a total population of 524,127. The capital of the department lies at Bamenda.

Subdivisions

The department is divided administratively into 5 communes and in turn into villages. The Abakwa Central district is further divided into 3 sub-districts, namely Bamenda I, Bamenda II and Bamenda III.

This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.

Sources

  1. 1.
    Cameroon — Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB, v01)
    OCHA / Institut National de CartographiePublished 4 January 2019Last verified: 14 October 2026

    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.

  2. 2.
    Mezam
    Wikipedia (English)Published 1 October 2026Last verified: 24 October 2026
  3. 3.
    Mezam
    Wikipédia (français)Published 10 April 2025Last verified: 24 October 2026