Central Africa
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Adamaoua

Banyo

Banyo is a town and commune in Adamawa Province, Cameroon. It is located at around, and is predominantly Muslim. Though a government prefect serves in the town, the lamido still holds great sway among the population.
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  • Type: City with 47,900 residents
  • Description: commune of Cameroon
  • Also known as: “Banjo” and “Banyo, Cameroon”

Banyo

Latitude
6.74855° or 6° 44′ 55″ north
Longitude
11.80458° or 11° 48′ 17″ east
Population
47,900
Elevation
1,077 metres (3,533 feet)
Open location code
6FRHPRX3+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 250346326
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2234794
Wiki­data ID
Q520600
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Banyo” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Banyo, Cameroon”
  • Belarusian: “Баньё”
  • Cebuano: “Banyo”
  • Chinese: “Banyo”
  • Chinese: “巴尼奧”
  • Dutch: “Banyo, Cameroon”
  • French: “Banyo”
  • German: “Banyo”
  • Hebrew: “באניו”
  • Italian: “Banyo”
  • Japanese: “バーニョ”
  • Malay: “Banyo, Cameroon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Banyo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Banyo”
  • Polish: “Banyo”
  • Portuguese: “Banyo”
  • Romanian: “Banyo”
  • Russian: “Баньо”
  • Spanish: “Banyo”
  • Swahili: “Banyo, Kamerun”
  • Swedish: “Banyo”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Banyo”. Photo: WILLAV-FR, CC BY-SA 4.0.