Buea

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Buea

Total population

1,325,000

Coordinates4.16°, 9.23°

Demographic figures from Institut National de la Statistique (Cameroon). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Buea is the capital of the Southwest Region of Cameroon. The city is located in Fako Division, on the eastern slopes of Mount Cameroon, and has a population of about 47,300 inhabitants as of 2025. It has two Government Hotels, the Mountain Hotel and Parliamentarian Flats Hotel located around The Government Residential Area.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Kurt Raaflaub

Swiss historian of ancient Greece and Rome (1941-2023)

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Simon Mol

Cameroonian journalist (1973–2008)

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Ernest Etchi

Cameroonian footballer

Peter Mafany Musonge

Cameroonian politician

Eugene Fomumbod

Cameroonian association football player

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Francis Teke Lysinge

Cameroonian Roman Catholic bishop

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Charley Roussel Fomen

Cameroonian footballer

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Samuel Ojong

Cameroonian footballer

Sarah Etonge

Cameroonian distance runner

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Eric Kamdem Kamdem

Cameroonian footballer (1983-2009)

E. M. L. Endeley

Cameroonian politician

Clinton Njie

Cameroonian professional footballer

Elvis Ngolle Ngolle

Cameroonian politician

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Etchu Tabe

soccer player

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Fabrice Fokobo

Cameroonian footballer

Kelvin Matute

Cameroonian association football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Southwest

• Ewonda
  2.1 mi away
• Bokoko
  2.7 mi away
• Bokwai
  2.8 mi away
• Bova
  3 mi away
• Bwassa
  3.1 mi away
• Likombe
  4.1 mi away
• Bonakanda
  4.5 mi away
• Muea
  5.3 mi away
• Bolifamba
  5.7 mi away
• Meviokulu village
  5.8 mi away
• Bowanda
  6.3 mi away
• Lissoka
  6.3 mi away

Browse all places in Southwest →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.