Nanga-Eboko
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Coordinates | 4 ° 41 ′ N , 12 ° 22 ′ E | |
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Country | Cameroon | |
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ISO 3166-2 | CM-CE | |
height | 600 m | |
surface | 7000 km² | |
Residents | 20,390 (2001) | |
density | 2.9 Ew. / km² |
Nanga-Eboko is a city in Cameroon in the Center region . It is the capital of the Haute-Sanaga district . It is on the N1 trunk road. The Sanaga River runs north of the municipality .
In German Cameroon , Nanga-Eboko was, along with Doumé and Yagoua, one of the places where the colonial administration tried to grow rice , which was not common in pre-colonial times. In independent Cameroon, the Chinese government supported a new rice-growing project in the city. Nanga-Eboko is on the Douala – Ngaoundéré railway line and has a train station.
Web links
Commons : Nanga-Eboko - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Nanga-Eboko at cvuc.cm
Individual evidence
- ^ Mark Dike DeLancey, Rebecca Neh Mbuh, Mark W. DeLancey: Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-5824-4 , pp. 329-330 .