What is Southern Cameroons?
{{Infobox Former Country | conventional_long_name = Southern Cameroons | common_name = Southern Cameroons | image_flag = British Cameroon Flag.svg | image_coat = British Cameroons Seal.svg | image_map = Southern cameroons.PNG | map_caption = The Southern Cameroons now constitute the [[Southwest Region (Cameroon)|Southwest Region]] and [[Northwest Region (Cameroon)|Northwest Region]]. | capital = [[Buea]] | official_languages = [[English language|English]] | religion = Christianity | demonym = Southern Cameroonian | area_sq_mi = 42,710 | population_estimate = 2,100,000 | currency = [[British West African pound]] | date_start = 1922 | date_end = 1961 | today = [[Cameroon]] }} '''Southern Cameroons''' was the southern part of the [[United Kingdom|British]]-controlled territory of [[British Cameroon|British Cameroons]] that existed from [[1922]] to [[1961]]. Since 1961, Southern Cameroons is part of Cameroon, where it became the [[Northwest Region (Cameroon)|Northwest]] and [[Southwest Region (Cameroon)|Southwest]] regions of the country. Since 1994, pressure groups in the former Southern Cameroons have been seeking to achieve [[independence]] from Cameroon. In December 1999, the [[Ambazonia|Federal Republic of Ambazonia]] was declared by the Southern Cameroons Peoples Organization (SCAPO). [[Category:Former British colonies]] [[Category:Ambazonia]] [[Category:1922 establishments in Africa]] [[Category:Former colonies in Africa]]