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Ngaoundéré
Adamaoua, Cameroon · Africa
About Ngaoundéré
Ngaoundéré sits on the route: 1 hours from Ngaoundal.
Ngaoundéré is in Adamaoua, Cameroon, with about 240,000 people. The nearest town is Ngaoundal, about 98 km away.
Ngaoundéré or N'Gaoundéré (Fula: N'gamdere, نغَمْدٜرٜ, 𞤲'𞤺𞤢𞤥𞤣𞤫𞥅𞤪𞤫𞥅) is the capital of the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. It had a population of 152,700 at the 2005 census. According to the film Les Mairuuwas – Maitre de l'eau produced by the University of Tromsø, the population has rapidly risen to 1,200,000Read more
(as of October 2023) owing to mass immigration from the Central African Republic and the perceived danger from Boko Haram in northern Cameroon.
The city lies at the northern end of the railway to Yaoundé and is also home to Ngaoundéré Airport. Attractions in the city include the Lamido Palace and the Lamido Grand Mosque. The town is named after a nearby mountain on its eponymous plateau; the mountain's name is the Mbum word for "navel mountain". "Ngaou" mean mountain in Mbum, and "Ndare" mean navel in Mbum language. Because of this some people call the navel of Adamwa. Mount Ngaoundéré is rockey. On the top of mountain, large stone lies on it. Ngaoundéré is close to Lake Tison.
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Ngaoundéré is in Adamaoua, Cameroon, about 98 km from Ngaoundal.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 238,196
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Cameroon
- Region
- Adamaoua
- Timezone
- Africa/Douala
- Coordinates
- 7.3277, 13.5847
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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