Bamendjou
Bamendjou is a town and commune in the west of Cameroon that extends over approximately 260 square kilometres. It adjoins Baham, Bahouan, Batié, Bansoa, Bayangam, Bameka, and Bandjoun. Its traditional leader is the Fo'o of Bamendjou.Photo: Zaizone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bahouan and Baham.
Bahouan
Village
Photo: Harouna674, CC0.
Bahouan is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Bamendjou.
Baham
Town
Baham is the seat of the Department of Hauts-Plateaux, in the Western Province of Cameroon. It also constitutes a traditional Bamileke chiefdom. It is situated 250 km from Douala and 20 km from Bafoussam. Baham is situated 7 km southeast of Bamendjou.
Batié
Town
Photo: Prosper Mekem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Batié is a town and municipality in the Hauts Plateaux Division in western Cameroon. It is located at latitude 5.283333 and longitude 10.28333. Batié is known for its association football club Sable FC, the "San San Boys", named after the sand production in this mountainous region. Batié is situated 8 km south of Bamendjou.
Bamendjou
- Type: Town with 70,000 residents
- Description: commune of Cameroon
- Categories: commune of Cameroon and locality
- Location: West Region, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
5.3894° or 5° 23′ 22″ northLongitude
10.33121° or 10° 19′ 52″ eastPopulation
70,000Elevation
1,604 metres (5,262 feet)Open location code
6FQG98QJ+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2189685371OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2234968Wikidata ID
Q2881815
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Bamendjou” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bamendjou”
- Chinese: “Bamendjou”
- Dutch: “Bamendjou”
- French: “Bamendjou”
- German: “Bmendjou Kamerun”
- Malay: “Bamendjou”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bamendjou”
- Spanish: “Bamendjou”
- Swedish: “Bamendjou”
- Uzbek: “Bamendjou”
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