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The aliases also name villages and traditional states or chiefdoms, which coexist with the modern administration and hold customary authority in some areas. Cameroon has a decentralisation process and, since 2019, a special status for the two Anglophone regions amid the ongoing Anglophone crisis, whose framing is contested, so positions are attributed and figures checked against current official sources.","purpose":"Let an agent explain Cameroon s administrative divisions, relay tiers, traditional authorities and decentralisation from government sources with contested issues attributed, describe the named units, and distinguish administrative units from traditional chiefdoms, electoral constituencies and the colonial-era divisions.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Region, division, subdivision tiers","Governors appointed","Traditional authorities alongside","Bilingual colonial legacy"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What these units are.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What are Cameroon s administrative territorial units, and how do they differ from traditional chiefdoms, electoral constituencies and colonial divisions?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about the Anglophone regions, where positions should be attributed and sources current?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"units","name":"Units","description":"Named units.","findings":[{"id":"units-finding","name":"Units","description":"Units.","questions":[{"text":"What are arrondissements, villages and traditional states in Cameroon?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific unit?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"structure","name":"Structure","description":"Structure.","layers":[{"id":"tiers","name":"Tiers","description":"Tiers.","findings":[{"id":"tiers-finding","name":"Tiers","description":"Tiers.","questions":[{"text":"How do regions, divisions and subdivisions fit together?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"councils","name":"Councils","description":"Local councils.","findings":[{"id":"councils-finding","name":"Councils","description":"Councils.","questions":[{"text":"How do municipal and regional councils work under decentralisation?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"traditional","name":"Traditional","description":"Traditional authorities.","layers":[{"id":"chiefdoms","name":"Chiefdoms","description":"Traditional states.","findings":[{"id":"chiefdoms-finding","name":"Chiefdoms","description":"Chiefdoms.","questions":[{"text":"How do traditional states and chiefs relate to the modern administration?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"customary","name":"Customary","description":"Customary authority.","findings":[{"id":"customary-finding","name":"Customary","description":"Customary.","questions":[{"text":"What customary roles do traditional rulers hold?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits traditional authority?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Decentralisation.","layers":[{"id":"special","name":"Special status","description":"Anglophone regions.","findings":[{"id":"special-finding","name":"Special status","description":"Special status.","questions":[{"text":"What is the special status for the Northwest and Southwest regions, and how do parties frame the Anglophone crisis, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the information current?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"colonial","name":"Colonial","description":"Colonial legacy.","findings":[{"id":"colonial-finding","name":"Colonial","description":"Colonial.","questions":[{"text":"How did French and British administration shape today s divisions?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits British Cameroons?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Name Cameroon's regions, divisions and subdivisions from current official sources, with a date.","Distinguish administrative units from traditional chiefdoms and villages."],"mustNot":["Present unit counts or boundaries without a source date when they may have changed.","Take a partisan side on the Anglophone crisis when describing regions.","Treat a traditional chiefdom as an administrative unit or the reverse.","Use administrative data to target people in conflict-affected areas."],"requiresHuman":["Using administrative boundaries for decisions on aid, voting or security."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Regions in Cameroon are tied to an armed conflict; framing can inflame it.","Customary authorities and the state both claim legitimacy over people."],"affectedParties":["Residents of Cameroon","Traditional authorities","Displaced people"]},"owners":{"steward":"The Government of Cameroon through its territorial administration ministry.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National statistics and territorial administration records"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q3268571","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"administrative territorial entity of a single country","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"Cameroon","type":"related"},{"target":"regions of Cameroon","type":"related"},{"target":"traditional state in Cameroon","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-cameroon","Wikidata: Q3360771 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3360771)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["regions: 10 count","special status for Anglophone regions: 2019 year - as reported","registry parent: administrative territorial entity of a single country note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Administrative territorial unit of Cameroon","Arrondissement of Cameroon, village of Cameroon, traditional state in Cameroon","Traditional chiefdoms hold customary authority; electoral constituencies serve elections; colonial divisions were under French and British rule","Not a physical object; shown on administrative maps."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain tiers","relay traditional authorities","describe named units","present decentralisation with attribution"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Partisan framing of the Anglophone crisis","Stale unit counts","Conflating traditional and administrative units"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Constitution of Cameroon and decentralisation laws","General Code of Regional and Local Authorities 2019","ISO 3166-2:CM"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Administration and governance of Cameroon.","regions","divisions or departments","subdivisions or arrondissements","councils","traditional states"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q3360771: administrative territorial entity of Cameroon","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3360771","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Subdivisions of Cameroon","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Cameroon","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should traditional states be a separate entry?","How should the special status regions be documented neutrally?","How should official lists be linked and kept current?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q3360771/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q3360771/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-14T01:45:58Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:30+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}