Bafoussam is the capital of Cameroon's West Region, settled in the 14th century in the Bamboutos Mountains and incorporated as a town in 1926, becoming a city in 2008. The 2008 census recorded 347,517 urban residents, and it ranks as the third most important city in Cameroon financially, after Yaounde and Douala. It is the principal centre of the Bamileke people, whose chief's palace stands in the city, and its economy rests on coffee, potato, maize and bean farming alongside coffee processing and brewing.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Bafoussam (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 480,000 (2024)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 5.466667, longitude 10.416667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1521 m
P2046 (area)
area 402.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 480000 (2024)
View the Source2. Bafoussam (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia infobox 'Settled' = '14th Century' on 'Bafoussam'
- In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Bafoussam - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2235189
5.47775 10.41759 P PPLA CM 08 373268 1438 Africa/Douala
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1438 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.25, 10.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.25, 10.25
5.25 10.25 Am
Wikidata: Bafoussam
Wikidata Q799808, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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