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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.

History & geography

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