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Garoua

#461 in World

Cameroon

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© Philippe SemanazCC BY-SA 2.0
Population
530K
Coordinates
9.3014, 13.3919
Category
cities

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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 900,000 inhabitants in 2022, with a significant population of Fulbe/Fulani people.

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