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Bafang is a town and commune in
Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
situated in the Haut-Nkam division of the West Province. It lies at the heart of the territory of the
Bamiléké The Bamileke are a Central African people who inhabit the Western High Plateau of Cameroon. Languages The Bamileke languages belong to the Grassfields branch of the Niger-Congo language family, which is sometimes labeled as a " Bantuoid lang ...
people, and has a population of roughly 33,324. (2012)World Gazetteer
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Religion

Its
cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...
, Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie, is the See of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafang The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafang is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala, also in Cameroon. Yet it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangeli ...
, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala, like the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba ( la, Nkongsamben(sis)) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, dedicated to the Imm ...
, which it was split off from in 2011.


Notable people

*
Tony Tchani Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby lea ...
, professional football player * Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, professional football player of
Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in ...
and Cameroon National Team


See also

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Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban commu ...


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* Communes of Cameroon Populated places in West Region (Cameroon) {{WestRegionCM-geo-stub