Maroua is the capital of Cameroon's Far North Region, set in the foothills of the Mandara Mountains along the Ferngo and Kaliao rivers. The area was occupied by the Guiziga people in the 17th century and the Mofu in the 18th, and the city later hosted the signing of the 1975 Maroua Declaration, a maritime boundary agreement between Nigeria and Cameroon. Its population was 201,371 at the 2005 census. Maroua's mainly Fulbe and Fulani population is known for embroidery, leatherwork, jewelry and pottery, and the city is home to the University of Maroua.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude10.590946 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Maroua (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 201,371 (2005)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 10.590946, longitude 14.315925
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 385 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 201371 (2005)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Maroua - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2228373
10.59095 14.31593 P PPLA CM 12 314122 406 Africa/Douala
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 406 m
View the Source 3. 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 10.75, 14.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.75, 14.25
10.75 14.25 BSh
Wikidata: Maroua
Wikidata Q818824, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Maroua (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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