Mokolo
Sign in to saveMokolo is the departmental capital and largest city of the Mayo-Tsanaga department, in the Far North Province of Cameroon. It is the fourth largest city in the Far North Province, after Maroua, Yagoua, and Kousséri. It is located in the Mandara Mountains that run along the Cameroonian-Nigerian border.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mokolo
- Region
- Extrême-Nord
- Country
- Cameroun
- Population
- 51,999
- Timezone
- Africa/Douala
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Mokolo
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Les monts Kapsiki dans l'Extrême nord2.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Rhumsiki
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cameroon
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Cameroon
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Cameroon
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Far North Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Cameroon
- Country
- Cameroon
- Located in
- Mayo Tsanaga
- Population
- +40168
- Elevation
- +760
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Mayo Tsanaga
- Image
- Entrée de l'école publique Annexe 1A de Mokolo.jpg
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Mokolo is the departmental capital and largest city of the Mayo-Tsanaga department, in the Far North Province of Cameroon. It is the fourth largest city in the Far North Province, after Maroua, Yagoua, and Kousséri. It is located in the Mandara Mountains that run along the Cameroonian-Nigerian border.
==History and Culture== The Fulani and Mafa peoples dominate the Mokolo area. Historically, the Mafa were the earlier inhabitants. When the Fulani came through the area, many of the Mafa dispersed into the surrounding Mandara Mountains. The Mafa are also known as the Mafahi.