Guirvidig

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|official_name = Guirvidig

|other_name = Gerwidig, Girwidig, Gouirwidig, Guirwidig {{Cite web

| title = Guirvidig / Guirvidig, Extreme-Nord, Cameroon, Africa

| work = Traveling Luck

| accessdate = 2015-01-05

| url = http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Cameroon/Extreme-Nord/_2230857_Guirvidig.html

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Guirvidig is a town in the Mayo-Danay Department of the Far North Region of Cameroon.

A dialect of the Muskum language, Muzuk (Mousgoum de Guirvidig), is spoken in the town.{{e25|mug|Musgu}}

In 2014, Guirvidig was the site of fighting between Boko Haram and the Cameroonian military, in which a Boko Haram training camp was destroyed.{{Cite news

|last = Mbenju Mafany

|title = Cameroon's Army Demolishes Boko Haram Training Camp in Guirvidig

|work = The Cameroonian

|accessdate = 2015-01-05

|date = 2014-12-18

|url = http://thecameroonian.com/article/cameroon%E2%80%99s-army-demolishes-boko-haram-training-camp-guirvidig

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|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150106020412/http://thecameroonian.com/article/cameroon%E2%80%99s-army-demolishes-boko-haram-training-camp-guirvidig

|archivedate = 2015-01-06

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On 28 December 2014, Cameroonian troops repelled simultaneous Boko Haram raids into the towns of Guirvidig, Amchide, Makari, Limani, Waza and Achigachia, all located in Cameroon's Far North Region.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-violence-cameroon-idUSKBN0K70PL20141229|title=Cameroon says fights off Boko Haram attacks, kills 41 militants|work=Reuters|date=29 December 2014|accessdate=29 December 2014}}