Nanga Eboko

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Expression error: Unexpected < operator. Nanga Eboko (Nanga-Eboko) is a town and municipality, capital of the Haute-Sanaga (Upper Sanaga) department in the Centre Province of Cameroon. It lies on the Sanaga River and counts a population of 29,814, of which 18,282 in the town.[1]

History

Template:Empty section

Geography

The town, located in the middle of Cameroon, lies between Yaoundé (172 km northeast), the national capital, and Bertoua (173 km east).

The municipality includes the town of Nanga Eboko itself and several villages:[2]

<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>

Transport

Nanga Eboko has a railway station on the Camrail system, on the branch linking the national capital Yaoundé with Ngaoundéré. The station is located in the northern suburb of Nsimeyong.[3] The town has also a local unpaved airfield, and is crossed by the national highway N1.

Popular culture

Eddie Murphy's character in Trading Places dons a thinly veiled disguise as an exchange student from Cameroon named "Nanga Eboko".[4]

Notable people

Gallery

Script error: No such module "Gallery".

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
  2. Template:OSM
  3. Template:OSM
  4. "Eddy Murphy is of Nanga Eboko origin in Cameroon" (stopblablacam.com)

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Sister-inline

Template:Communes of Centre Region, Cameroon Template:Authority control