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Mfou

Mfou is a town in the south part of Cameroon. It is not far east of the capital, Yaoundé. It is a rural area and the activities of the inhabitants are basically subsistence agriculture.

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Mfou
Location in Cameroon
Coordinates: 3°57′36″N 11°55′48″E / 3.96000°N 11.93000°E / 3.96000; 11.93000
Country Cameroon
RegionCentre Region
DepartmentMéfou-et-Afamba
Population
 (2005)1
 • Total
10,533
Lake Mfou on Mt Mbapit source ↗

Mfou is a town in the south part of Cameroon. It is not far east of the capital, Yaoundé.2 It is a rural area and the activities of the inhabitants are basically subsistence agriculture.

Population

In the 2005 census, the commune had 37,209 inhabitants,1 including 10,533 for the town of Mfou.

Tourism

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat", Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP) (in French), 2010 3e RGPH, 2005
  2. Mougoue, Benoît (1989), "Mfou : une ville satellite de Yaoundé", Revue de géographie du Cameroun (in French), vol. 8, pp. 139–152
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