Kamerun
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![Cameroon 1901–1972
German Kamerun
British Cameroons
French Cameroun
Republic of Cameroon](/Images/godic/202501/22/Cameroon_boundary_changes3005.PNG")
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German Cameroon (German:Kamerun) was a West African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon. German Cameroon also included northern parts of Gabon and the Congo with western parts of the Central African Republic, southwestern parts of Chad and far eastern parts of Nigeria.