Kousséri
Sign in to saveKousséri (from quṣūr meaning "palaces"), founded and known as Mser in the indigenous Mser language, is a city in Far North Province, Cameroon. It is the capital of the Logone-et-Chari department. It is a market town, and its population has recently been swollen by refugees from Chad. It had a population of 89,123 at the 2005 Census. The majority of the population are Shuwa Arabs with Chadian Arabic used as the lingua franca.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kousséri
- Region
- Extrême-Nord
- Country
- Cameroun
- Population
- 139,024
- Timezone
- Africa/Douala
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kousséri
- Settlement.other_name
- Mser, Fort Fureau
- Settlement.native_name
- قصور
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Wahid_at_sultanate_of_Kousséri.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cameroon
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Cameroon
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Cameroon
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Official name
- قصور
- Country
- Cameroon
- Located in
- Diamaré
- Population
- +101246
- Elevation
- +271
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Logone-et-Chari
- Image
- Wahid at sultanate of Kousséri.JPG
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Kousséri (from quṣūr meaning "palaces"), founded and known as Mser in the indigenous Mser language, is a city in Far North Province, Cameroon. It is the capital of the Logone-et-Chari department. It is a market town, and its population has recently been swollen by refugees from Chad. It had a population of 89,123 at the 2005 Census. The majority of the population are Shuwa Arabs with Chadian Arabic used as the lingua franca.
It forms a transborder agglomeration with the city of N'Djamena, capital of Chad, from which it is separated by the Logone River and the Chari River.