Mbouda is the capital of the
Bamboutos department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
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.
Notable people born in Mbouda
* (Gilbert Nguita Noumessi), author / composer.
* , politician.
* , 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 a
PoufongEtienne
* Martin Kuete, also known as Mylord, politician, born in Babete.
Buildings
File:Bâtiment de la Préfecture de Mbouda.jpg, Mbouda Prefecture building
File:Sous-Préfecture de Mbouda.jpg, Mbouda sub-prefecture
File:Marie de Mbouda.jpg, Mbouda City Hall
File:Tribunal de Mbouda.jpg, Mbouda Palace of Justice.
In 2022, American YouTuber
MrBeast
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built a well in the city.
Sport
Mbouda has a municipal stadium,
renovated from 2007 to 2009, then a second time between 2018 and 2020 to be a training stadium for the
Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...
2021. It is the home of
Bamboutos FC.
File:Stade Municipal Mbouda.jpg, May 2015
File:Stade Municipal de Mbouda.jpg, February 2016
File:Stade Mbouda.jpg, January 2019
File:Stade Mbouda en nov 2019.jpg, November 2019
File:Stade Municipal de Mbouda, Nov 2019.jpg, November 2019
References
Populated places in West Region (Cameroon)
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