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Bafang

Coordinates: 5°09′N 10°11′E / 5.150°N 10.183°E / 5.150; 10.183
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Bafang
Bafang is located in Cameroon
Bafang
Bafang
Location in Cameroon
Coordinates: 5°09′N 10°11′E / 5.150°N 10.183°E / 5.150; 10.183
Country Cameroon
ProvinceWest Province
DivisionHaut-Nkam
Elevation
1,235 m (4,052 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
33,324

Bafang is a town and commune in Cameroon situated in the Haut-Nkam division of the West Province.

It lies at the heart of the territory of the Bamiléké people, and has a population of roughly 33,324.[1]

Religion

Its Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie is the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafang, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala, like the Nkongsamba, which it was split off from in 2011.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ World Gazetteer

1 Bafang statistics at World Gazetteer

5°09′N 10°11′E / 5.150°N 10.183°E / 5.150; 10.183

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