Garoua

Garoua
City
The Market at Garoua
The Market at Garoua
Garoua is located in Cameroon
Garoua
Garoua
Location in Cameroon
Coordinates: 9°18′N 13°24′E / 9.300°N 13.400°E / 9.300; 13.400
Country Cameroon
RegionNorth
DepartmentBénoué
Elevation
249 m (817 ft)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total2,000,000
ClimateAw

Garoua (also Garua; Fula: 𞤺𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢, Garwa) is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 1,285,000 inhabitants in 2020, mostly Fulbe/Fulani people.[1]

  1. ^ "Population of Cities in Cameroon (2018)". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2018-09-06.