Mbouda is the capital of the Bamboutos department of West Province, Cameroon. Projected to be the fourteenth fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.16% growth. [1] 5°38′N 10°15′E / 5.633°N 10.250°E
Mbouda | |
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Town | |
  Mbouda Location in Cameroon | |
| Coordinates: 5°38′N 10°15′E / 5.633°N 10.250°E | |
| Country |  Cameroon |
| Province | West Province |
| Elevation | 249 m (817 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 49,313 |
Notable people born in Mbouda
edit- Tony Sunshyne (Gilbert Nguita Noumessi), author / composer.
- Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi, politician.
- Dieudonné Watio, bishop, born in Balatchi in 1946.
- Jacques Toussele, photographer, born in Bamessingué
Buildings
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Mbouda Prefecture building -
Mbouda sub-prefecture -
Mbouda City Hall -
Mbouda Palace of Justice.
In 2022, American YouTuber MrBeast built a well in the city.[2]
Sport
editMbouda has a municipal stadium,[3] renovated from 2007 to 2009, then a second time between 2018 and 2020 to be a training stadium for the Africa Cup of Nations 2021. It is the home of Bamboutos FC.
- Renovation of the stadium for the ACN 2021
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May 2015 -
February 2016 -
January 2019 -
November 2019 -
November 2019
References
edit- ^ "Ranked: The World's Fastest Growing Cities". virtual capitalist. 13 August 2021. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ We Built Wells in Africa!, retrieved 2022-05-22
- ^ Camfoot.com (2020-07-25). "Le stade municipal de Mbouda aux normes de la Fifa". Camfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-25.
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