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Maroua

#535 in World

Cameroon

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Population
413K
Coordinates
10.5900, 14.3200
Category
cities

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Maroua is the capital of the Far North Region of Cameroon, stretching along the banks of the Ferngo and Kaliao Rivers, in the foothills of the Mandara Mountains. The city had 201,371 inhabitants at the 2005 census, consisting mainly of the Fulbe/Fulani ethnic group.

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