| Table 1: Land area distribution according to the type of natural resource |
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| Provinces |
Total areas |
Agricultural lands |
Forests and national park |
Pastures and savannas |
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| km² |
in % of total |
Potential in km² |
Potential in % |
in % of the province |
Cultivated in km² |
Cultivated in % of potential |
Total in km² |
in % of the province |
Area in km² |
Park in % of forest |
km² |
en % of total |
en % of the province |
|
| Adamawa |
61 992 |
13.3 |
13 319 |
19.6 |
21.5 |
830 |
6.2 |
29 353 |
47.3 |
110.5 |
0.4 |
19 320 |
13.5 |
31.2 |
| Centre |
68 942 |
14.8 |
7 778 |
11.4 |
11.3 |
2 616 |
33.6 |
38 754 |
56.2 |
1 797 |
4.6 |
22 410 |
15.7 |
32.5 |
| East |
108 900 |
23.4 |
5 293 |
7.8 |
4.9 |
1 423 |
26.9 |
74 807 |
68.7 |
12 456 |
16.7 |
28 800 |
20.2 |
26.4 |
| Far-North |
34 260 |
7.4 |
6 722 |
9.9 |
19.6 |
4 117 |
61.2 |
2 068 |
6.0 |
1 883 |
91.1 |
25 470 |
17.8 |
74.3 |
| Littoral |
20 220 |
4.3 |
1 715 |
2.5 |
8.5 |
815 |
47.5 |
18 505 |
91.5 |
5 037 |
27.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| North |
67 808 |
14.6 |
17 032 |
25 |
25.1 |
1 500 |
8.8 |
11 996 |
17.7 |
7 352 |
61.3 |
38 780 |
27.1 |
57.2 |
| North-West |
17 300 |
3.7 |
5 379 |
7.9 |
31.1 |
2 291 |
42.6 |
3 811 |
22.0 |
3 040 |
79.8 |
8 110 |
5.7 |
0.0 |
| West |
13 890 |
3.0 |
3 397 |
5.0 |
24.5 |
2 926 |
86.1 |
10 493 |
75.5 |
340 |
3.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| South |
47 190 |
10.1 |
5 213 |
7.7 |
11.0 |
1 145 |
22.0 |
41 977 |
89.0 |
6 880 |
16.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| South-west |
24 910 |
5.4 |
2 277 |
3.3 |
9.1 |
2 005 |
88.1 |
22 633 |
90.9 |
4 785 |
21.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Total |
465 412 |
100.0 |
68 125 |
14.6 |
14.6 |
19 668 |
28.9 |
254 397 |
54.7 |
43 680.5 |
17.2 |
142 890 |
100.0 |
30.7 |
| Source : MINEF, 1996. |
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