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Nanga Eboko

Coordinates: 4°40′15″N 12°22′23″E / 4.67083°N 12.37306°E / 4.67083; 12.37306
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Nanga Eboko
The town's market
The town's market
Nanga Eboko is located in Cameroon
Nanga Eboko
Nanga Eboko
Location in Cameroon
Coordinates: 4°40′15″N 12°22′23″E / 4.67083°N 12.37306°E / 4.67083; 12.37306
Country Cameroon
ProvinceCentre
DepartmentHaute-Sanaga
Area
 • Total7,000 km2 (3,000 sq mi)
Elevation
631 m (2,070 ft)
Population
[1]
 • Total29,814
 • Density4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
ClimateAw

Nanga Eboko (Nanga-Eboko) is a town and municipality, capital of the Haute-Sanaga (Upper Sanaga) department in the Centre Province of Cameroon. It lies on the Sanaga River and counts a population of 29,814, of which 18,282 in the town.[1]

History

Geography

The town, located in the middle of Cameroon, lies between Yaoundé (172 km northeast), the national capital, and Bertoua (173 km east).

The municipality includes the town of Nanga Eboko itself and several villages:[2]

Transport

Nanga Eboko has a railway station on the Camrail system, on the branch linking the national capital Yaoundé with Ngaoundéré. The station is located in the northern suburb of Nsimeyong.[3] The town has also a local unpaved airfield, and is crossed by the national highway N1.

Eddie Murphy's character in Trading Places dons a thinly veiled disguise as an exchange student from Cameroon named "Nanga Eboko".[4]

Notable people

  • Town's centre
    Town's centre
  • Town's hospital
    Town's hospital
  • A building nearby the railway
    A building nearby the railway

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 2005 Cameroon population statistics Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (BURCEP)
  2. ^ 3822286 (x j a h) Nanga Eboko on OpenStreetMap
  3. ^ 3273008473 Nanga Eboko railway station on OpenStreetMap
  4. ^ "Eddy Murphy is of Nanga Eboko origin in Cameroon" (stopblablacam.com)

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