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Wouri is a department of the Littoral Province 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 ...
. It forms the area around the major city of
Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. Home to Central Africa's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport (DLA), it is the com ...
, and is named after the major Wouri River. The department covers an area of 923 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 1,514,978. For 2007 the estimate had risen to 1,798,737 (Institut national de la statistique).


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Departments of Cameroon Littoral Region (Cameroon) {{Cameroon-geo-stub