Dir, Cameroon

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Dir
Commune and town
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Dir
Location in Cameroon
Coordinates: 6°19′44″N13°32′17″E / 6.329°N 13.538°E / 6.329; 13.538 Coordinates: 6°19′44″N13°32′17″E / 6.329°N 13.538°E / 6.329; 13.538
CountryFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Region Adamawa Region
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)

Dir is a town and commune in Cameroon. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua , ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, 133 p.
  2. ↑ Muñoz, José-María (2018). Doing Business in Cameroon: An Anatomy of Economic Governance. Cambridge University Press. pp. 116–117. ISBN   9781108630337.


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