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Mbalmayo
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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.

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Place details

Locality
Mbalmayo
Region
Centre
Country
Cameroun
Population
82,384
Timezone
Africa/Douala

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Key facts

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Mbalmayo
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Mbalmayo-cathedral.jpg
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300px
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Mbalmayo cathedral
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Cameroon
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above
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Location in Cameroon
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Country
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25px Cameroon
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Province
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Centre Province
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Division
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Metric
Settlement.population_as_of
2012
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60091
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Ethnicities
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Religions
Settlement.elevation_m
335

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Politics
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  • Notable people
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mbalmayo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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