Mbouda

Town in West Province, Cameroon

5°38′N 10°15′E / 5.633°N 10.250°E / 5.633; 10.250Country

CameroonProvinceWest ProvinceElevation

249 m (817 ft)Population

(2012)

• Total49,313

Mbouda is the capital of the Bamboutos department of West Province, Cameroon. Projected to be the fourteenth fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.16% growth. ^[1] 5°38′N 10°15′E / 5.633°N 10.250°E / 5.633; 10.250

Notable people born in Mbouda

Tony Sunshyne [fr] (Gilbert Nguita Noumessi), author / composer.
Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi [fr], politician.
Dieudonné Watio [fr], bishop, born in Balatchi in 1946.
Jacques Toussele, photographer, born in Bamessingué
Christophe Fofié (1946–1999), politician, businessman and sports promoter.
Etienne Poufwon, politician. Also known as Poufong Etienne
Martin Kuete, also known as Mylord, politician, born in Babete.

Buildings

Mbouda Prefecture building
Mbouda sub-prefecture
Mbouda City Hall
Mbouda Palace of Justice.

In 2022, American YouTuber MrBeast built a well in the city.^[2]

Sport

Mbouda has a municipal stadium,^[3] renovated from 2007 to 2009, then a second time between 2018 and 2020 to be a training stadium for the Africa Cup of Nations 2021. It is the home of Bamboutos FC.

Renovation of the stadium for the ACN 2021
May 2015
February 2016
January 2019
November 2019
November 2019

References

^ "Ranked: The World's Fastest Growing Cities". virtual capitalist. 13 August 2021. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
^ We Built Wells in Africa!, retrieved 2022-05-22
^ Camfoot.com (2020-07-25). "Le stade municipal de Mbouda aux normes de la Fifa". Camfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-25.