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Fun fact 3 about Garoua

Marche Garoua Nord Cameroon
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Garoua has a tropical savanna climate with a distinct wet and dry season.

Garoua
Cameroon
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Garoua

Cameroon

Country
Cameroon
Population
529.8K
Coordinates
9.30, 13.39
461st most populous city in the world

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.

From the “Climate” section

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Photo: Philippe Semanaz · CC BY-SA 2.0