Bafang

Bafang is in the region of , located in the territorial heart of the Bamileke people.
  • Type: City with 54,500 residents
  • Description: commune of Cameroon
  • Also known as: “באפאנג”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banka.

Town
, Cameroon is a town and commune in .

Bafang

Latitude
5.1587° or 5° 9′ 31″ north
Longitude
10.1797° or 10° 10′ 47″ east
Population
54,500
Elevation
1,179 metres (3,868 feet)
Open location code
6FQG555H+FV
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Bafang” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بافانغ”
  • Asturian: “Bafang”
  • Bulgarian: “Бафанг”
  • Catalan: “Bafang”
  • Cebuano: “Bafang”
  • Chinese: “巴方”
  • Czech: “Bafang”
  • Dutch: “Bafang”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بافانج”
  • French: “Bafang”
  • German: “Bafang”
  • Hebrew: “בפנג”
  • Italian: “Bafang”
  • Japanese: “バファン”
  • Malay: “Bafang”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bafang”
  • Moksha: “Бафанг”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bafang”
  • Polish: “Bafang”
  • Portuguese: “Bafang”
  • Romanian: “Bafang”
  • Russian: “Бафанг”
  • Spanish: “Bafang”
  • Swahili: “Bafang”
  • Swedish: “Bafang, Kamerun”
  • Swedish: “Bafang”
  • Ukrainian: “Бафанґ”
  • Urdu: “بافانگ”
  • Uzbek: “Bafang”

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