Massangam
| Massangam | |||
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| Coordinates | 5 ° 25 ' N , 10 ° 58' E | ||
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| Country | Cameroon | ||
| Ouest | |||
| district | Noun | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CM-OU | ||
| height | 860 m | ||
| Residents | 38,000 (2005) | ||
Massangam (formerly Massagham ) is a city and municipality in Cameroon . It is located in the Ouest region in the Noun district .
It was once a place of treatment for the Fons (kings) of the Bamum kingdom .
geography
Massangam is located in western Cameroon, about 160 kilometers north of the capital Yaoundé .
traffic
Massangam is on the P25 provincial road.
literature
- Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat (3rd RGPH, 2005), Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP), 2010.