[permalink] [id link]
Garoua is Cameroon's third largest port, despite the fact that the Bénoué River upon which it relies is only navigable for short periods of the year.
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
Garoua and is
Garoua, on the Benoué River, is the main river port, but it is active only from July to September.
There is a paved road of good standard, albeit with some potholes, extending from Ngaoundéré to Garoua and Maroua, and Chad.
The city of Garoua is both the political and industrial capital.
This means that the port of Garoua on the Bénoué is only functional during a small portion of the year.
The 2, 200 square kilometres Bouba Njida National Park ( Parc National de Bouba Ndjida ) is southeast of Garoua on the Chad border.
Due to the major port located there, Garoua was at one point Cameroon's third largest city, though its population is 235, 996 ( 2005 Census ).
Despite the fact that the port is now but a shade of its former self, Garoua remains the economic centre of the North Province and of Cameroon's Grand North in general.
Garoua is the industrial heart of all of Cameroon's Grand North, and numerous factories dot the city.
Garoua is the site of an international airport, and aircraft may land at Poli, Tcholliré, and Guider on airstrips.
Finally, the port of Garoua makes the region accessible by boat, and the Bénoué is navigable all the way to Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
There is also a zoo in Garoua where many of the area's indigenous species are on view.
Garoua and Cameroon's
* Westernmost point-unnamed location on the border with Cameroon west of the town of Koundé in Central African Republic near Cameroon's Lokoti to Garoua Boulai road, Nana Mambéré province
As Cameroon's third busiest port, Garoua has long been a site of commercial development in the region.
Garoua and port
Ahidjo was born in Garoua, a major river port along the Benue River in northern Cameroun, at the time a French mandate territory.
The Bénoué River ( Benue ) serves as the North's primary waterway, as it passes through the port at Garoua.
The only significant northern focus for the colonials was the port at Garoua.
The Germans then continued the development of Garoua as a port and a gateway from North to West Africa.
Even at the war's end in 1970, the port of Garoua never fully reached its previous levels of commerce.
Garoua and Bénoué
The Bénoué National Park ( Parc National de la Bénoué ) protects 1, 800 square kilometres southeast of Garoua at the province's centre.
The Bata are further divided into the riverain Bata ( west of Garoua and along the Bénoué river and into Nigeria ) and the inland Bata ( or Njirai ), who inhabit the Zummo-Malabo Hills.
# Bénoué, with its capital at Garoua.
The flood plains of the Bénoué Depression have long attracted human settlement, as archaeological finds in the area and in Garoua attest.
The Fali of the Bénoué Depression led the Fulbe to fortify Garoua, which they called Ribadou-Garoua.
The trio reached Garoua on 4 September and began the exploration of the upper Bénoué River.
The Northern economy, long centered on Garoua, took a severe blow during the Biafra Secessionist War, which broke out in 1967 in Nigeria and severely hampered trade along the Bénoué.
Garoua and which
The Lagdo Dam and Reservoir, which holds 4 cubic kilometres of water, provides a major source of hydroelectric power for Garoua and the area north of it ( including the Far North Province ).
Garoua and for
During his career, Kameni played for Cotonsport Garoua, Racing FC Bafoussam ( January – June 2005 ) and Haras El Hodood.
Tignyemb formerly played for Cotonsport Garoua and Tonnerre Yaoundé.
An artisanat at Garoua provides a major outlet for such craftsmen to sell their wares.
Meanwhile, British traders set up trade in Garoua in 1890 for ivory, salt, and textiles.
Garoua and year
Garoua, the major city, thus receives between 500 – 1000 mm per year.
Garoua and .
Secondary international airports are at Yaoundé and Garoua.
Air Force bases are located in Garoua, Yaoundé, Douala and Bamenda.
The air force has bases in Garoua, Koutaba, Yaoundé, Douala and Bamenda.
Foé started his career as a junior with Second Division Union Garoua, before moving to Canon Yaoundé, one of the biggest clubs in Cameroon, where he won the Cameroon Cup in 1993.
It rises in the Adamawa Plateau of northern Cameroon, from where it flows west, and through the town of Garoua and Lagdo Reservoir, into Nigeria south of the Mandara mountains, and through Jimeta, Ibi and Makurdi before meeting the Niger at Lokoja.
The Adamawa Plateau was now largely pacified, and the Germans pushed north toward the important trade town of Garoua.
The new governors placed the region in the Mora-Garoua administrative area with its capital at Garoua.
Road construction, in particular, accelerated during French rule, and the colonials had a road built from Foumban to Garoua via Banyo, Tibati, and Ngaoundéré.
A regional airport services Ngaoundéré with flights to Yaoundé, Douala, Garoua, and Maroua.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, the airport had several flights a week to both Yaoundé and Douala in the south, Garoua in the north, and N ' Djamena, Chad.
Garoua lies at about 235 metres.
North of Garoua and in the Mandara Mountains, where large populations of non-Muslim ( often known collectively by the derogatory name Kirdi ) were forced to flee years ago, density peaks at 50 to 100 people per km².
With the exception of small populations of Hausa, Shuwa Arabs, and expatriate Westerners in Garoua, the ethnic groups of the North speak languages of three major language families: Niger – Congo (' Adamawa '), Chadic, and Central Sudanic.
0.197 seconds.