Mbouda
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 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Claude Kamtchueng |
| • Deputy Mayor | Aimé Ngahane |
| • City Manager | Édouard Mbiandou |
| • Deputy City Manager | Gaël Tientcheu |
| Elevation | 249 m (817 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 49,313 |
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 annual growth estimated at 5.16 percent per annum during that period. 5°38′N 10°15′E / 5.633°N 10.250°E
Notable people born in Mbouda
- Tony Sunshyne (Gilbert Nguita Noumessi), author / composer.
- Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi, politician.
- Dieudonné Watio, Catholic bishop, born in Balatchi in 1946.
- Jacques Toussele, photographer, born in Bamessingué
Buildings
Mbouda Prefecture building
Mbouda sub-prefecture
Mbouda City Hall
Mbouda Palace of Justice.
In 2022, American YouTuber MrBeast built a well in the city.
Sport
Mbouda has a municipal stadium, 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
May 2015
February 2016
January 2019
November 2019
November 2019
References
- ↑ "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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