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Yaoundé, Cameroon
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Map of Cameroon showing the location of Yaounde.
Map of Cameroon showing the location of Yaounde.
Population (2005)
 • City 1,430,000
 • Urban 1,430,000
  estimated
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+1)

Yaoundé is the capital city of the Republic of Cameroon. It is the second largest city in the country after Douala.

History

Yaoundé was founded in 1888 by German traders. It was created to be used as a base for the ivory trade and an agricultural research station. The city was under the control of Belgian troops during World War I. After the war, it became the capital of French Cameroons. It has remained the capital of the Republic of Cameroon until the present day.

Capitals of Africa

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire · Abuja, Nigeria · Accra, Ghana · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · Algiers, Algeria · Antananarivo, Madagascar · Asmara, Eritrea · Bamako, Mali · Bangui, Central African Republic · Banjul, Gambia · Bissau, Guinea-Bissau · Bloemfontein (One of 3), South Africa · Brazzaville, Congo Republic · Bujumbura, Burundi · Cairo, Egypt · Cape Town (One of 3), South Africa · Conakry, Guinea · Dakar, Senegal · Djibouti, Djibouti · Dodoma, Tanzania · Freetown, Sierra Leone · Gaborone, Botswana · Harare, Zimbabwe · Jamestown, Saint Helena · Kampala, Uganda · Khartoum, Sudan · Kigali, Rwanda · Kinshasa, Congo Democratic Republic · Libreville, Gabon · Lilongwe, Malawi · Lobamba, Swaziland · Lomé, Togo · Luanda, Angola · Lusaka, Zambia · Moroni, Comoros · Malabo, Equatorial Guinea · Maseru, Lesotho · Mamoudzou, Mayotte · Maputo, Mozambique · Mogadishu, Somalia · Mbabane, Swaziland · Monrovia, Liberia · Nouakchott, Mauritania · Niamey, Niger · N'Djamena, Chad · Nairobi, Kenya · Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso · Port Louis, Mauritius · Porto-Novo, Benin · Praia, Cape Verde · Pretoria (One of 3), South Africa · Rabat, Morocco · Saint-Denis, Réunion · São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe · Tripoli, Libya · Tunis, Tunisia · Victoria, Seychelles · Windhoek, Namibia · Yaoundé, Cameroon · Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire


Images for kids

  • Yaounde buses

    Buses in Yaounde

  • Cameroon-Yaounde04

    Mfoundi market

  • Centre Province Yaoundé 002

    A view of a Yaoundé suburb

  • Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo 2014 (4)

    Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium during a match

  • YaoundeUnityPalace

    Yaoundé Unity Palace - Cameroon Presidency

  • Yaoundé Cathédrale

    Yaoundé cathedral

  • YaoundeNationalMuseum

    Cameroon National Museum

  • Yaoundé Sports Palace 2014 (12)

    Yaoundé Sport Palace

  • American Embassy Cameroon

    American Embassy in Cameroon

  • Ministry of Finance (MinFin), Yaoundé (2014)

    The Ministry of Finance

  • Marché central - Central market (interior) in Yaoundé

    The Central Market


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