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Garoua
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Garoua
Total population
1,703,000
Coordinates9.31°, 13.39°
Demographic figures from Institut National de la Statistique (Cameroon). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Garoua is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 600,000 inhabitants in 2015, mostly Fulbe/Fulani people.
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Geography
Latitude
9.3071
Longitude
13.3935
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image