Mbalmayo
Sign in to saveMbalmayo is a town in Cameroon's Centre Region. The town had 60,091 inhabitants in 2012. It is the capital of the Nyong-et-So'o Division It is located at the banks of the Nyong river between Ebolowa and Yaoundé. It is an agricultural centre.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mbalmayo
- Region
- Centre
- Country
- Cameroun
- Population
- 82,384
- Timezone
- Africa/Douala
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Mbalmayo
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mbalmayo-cathedral.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mbalmayo cathedral
- 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
- Centre Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.unit_pref
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Cameroon
- Country
- Cameroon
- Located in
- Nyong-et-So'o
- Area
- +650
- Elevation
- +335
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Nyong-et-So'o
- Official website
- cvuc.cm/national/index.php/fr/carte-communale/region-du-centre/90-association/carte-administrative/289-ngaoundal-28
- Image
- Mbalmayo-cathedral.jpg
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Mbalmayo is a town in Cameroon's Centre Region. The town had 60,091 inhabitants in 2012. It is the capital of the Nyong-et-So'o Division It is located at the banks of the Nyong river between Ebolowa and Yaoundé. It is an agricultural centre.
== History== Mbalmayo was founded in 1910, under the German rule of the then Kamerun, by Mbala Meyo, an early ruler of the town. As was the custom before colonialism, the town was named after the chief.