Nanga Eboko (''Nanga-Eboko'') is a town and municipality, capital of the

Haute-Sanaga Haute-Sanaga is a department of Central Region in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 11,854 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 115,305. The capital of the department lies at Nanga-Eboko. Subdivisions The department is divided ...

(Upper Sanaga) department in the

Centre Province The Centre Region (french: région du Centre) occupies 69,000 km2 of the central plains of the Republic of Cameroon. It is bordered to the north by the Adamawa Region, to the south by the South Region, to the east by the East Region, and to ...

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 ...

. It lies on the

Sanaga River The Sanaga River (formerly german: Zannaga) is the largest river in Cameroon located in East Region, Centre Region and Littoral Region. Its length is about from the confluence of Djérem and Lom River. The total length of Sanaga-Djérem Rive ...

and counts a population of 29,814, of which 18,282 in the town.

History

Geography

The town, located in the middle of Cameroon, lies between

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,50 ...

(172 km northeast), the national capital, and

Bertoua Bertoua is the capital of the Eastern Region of Cameroon and of the Lom-et-Djerem Department. It has a population of 88,462 (at the 2005 Census), and is the traditional home of the Gbaya people. It is home to an airport and Mission Cameroon (i ...

(173 km east). The municipality includes the town of Nanga Eboko itself and several villages: *

Abam Abam is a populated clan in Abia state. It is located in Arochukwu/ Ohafia federal constituency of Nigeria. Abam is a brother clan to Ohafia. The progenitor of the people of Abam is known as Onyerubi Atita. As a people, Abam clan in Abia state ...

* Berkong * Bibassa * Biboa * Bifoulé * Bikaga * Bikang * Bissaga * Bitam * Biwong * Bogba * Boundjou * Déa * Dingbekoua * Eboulé * Efoulane II * Ekanga * Ekok * Ekondong * Emtsé * Essamesso * Etog-Nang * Ka'a *

Kom Kom or KOM may refer to: Ethnic groups * Kom people (Afghanistan), a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan * Kom people (Cameroon), an ethnic group of northwest Cameroon * Kom people (India) a subgroup of the Kuki in north-eastern India * ...

* Lembé Badja * Mangaé * Mbenda * Mbiam * Mbomendjock * Mebolé * Mekak * Mekomo * Memia * Mendoumbé * Menga'a * Mengoa * Mengondé * Mengué * Messa'a * Messegué * Messibigui * Mevounga * Mewomé * Meyang * Meyosso * Mezassa * Mfomalène * Mgboum * Mimbang * Mimbelé * Mpandang * Mpomtené * Mvomzock * Nangmana * Ndandouck * Ndemba * Nding * Ndjassi * Ndjimekong * Ndjombé * Ngamba * Ngamba-Ndel * Ngoakomba * Ngoulmekong * Nkoambang * Nkolmveng * Nkondom * Nya Yessé * Okassang * Okolat * Ouassa-Bamvelé * Sandja *

Sanga Sanga may refer to: People *Sanga, a Roman cognomen *Rana Sanga (c. 1482–1528), king from the Sisodia dynasty *Kumar Sangakkara (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer * Sanga (wrestler) (born 1984), ring name of professional wrestler Saurav Gurja ...

* Sassé * Zengoaga

Transport

Nanga Eboko has a railway station on the Camrail system, on the branch linking the national capital

with

Ngaoundéré Ngaoundéré, or N'Gaoundéré (Fula: N'gamdere 𞤲'𞤺𞤢𞤥𞤣𞤫𞥅𞤪𞤫𞥅) is the capital of the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. It had a population of 152,700 at the 2005 census. According to the film ''Les Mairuuwas – Maitre de l' ...

. The station is located in the northern suburb of Nsimeyong. The town has also a local unpaved airfield, and is crossed by the

national highway National highway or National Highway may refer to: * National Highways (England) * National Highway (Australia) * List of National Roads in Belgium * Brunei National Roads System * National Highway System (Canada) * Trans ...

N1.

Popular culture

Eddie Murphy Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer. He rose to fame on the sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'', for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984. Murphy has als ...

's character in ''

Trading Places ''Trading Places'' is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis, with a screenplay by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the ...

'' dons a thinly veiled disguise as an exchange student from Cameroon named "Nanga Eboko"."Eddy Murphy is of Nanga Eboko origin in Cameroon"
(stopblablacam.com)

Notable people

* Asseng Protais, playwright * Loïc Mbe Soh, Footballer

Gallery

References

External links

{{Authority control Populated places in Centre Region (Cameroon) Communes of Cameroon