Kaélé is a town in

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Far North Province The Far North Region, also known as the Extreme North Region (from ), is the northernmost and most populous constituent province of Cameroon, the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the North Region (Cameroon), North Region to the south, Chad to ...

, on the

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at . It lies near the

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ian border and 104 km south of

Maroua Maroua (Fula: Marwa, , 𞤥𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢) is the capital of the Far North Region (Cameroon), Far North Region of Cameroon, stretching along the banks of the Ferngo River, Ferngo and Kaliao Rivers, in the foothills of the Mandara Mountains. T ...

. The town has a population of roughly 30,600 and is the capital of the

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. The

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company Diamaor runs a mill in the town. Kaélé is accessible by road and by

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Notable people

Tikela Kemone Tikela Kemone (born 1950) is a Cameroonian politician. He was Deputy Minister of Finance and Secretary of State for Finance during the 1980s;Marthe Wandou Marthe Wandou (born 15 October 1963) is a Cameroonian lawyer and women's rights activist. Early life and education Wandou was born in Kaélé, Cameroon on 15 October 1963. Her parents were supportive of female education, and she was one of the f ...

(born 1963), Cameroonian activist

Gallery

File:Mont Boboyo à l'extrême nord.jpg, Mount Boboyo File:Lac aux crocodiles à Boboyo1.jpg, Lake Boboyo File:Lac aux crocodiles à Boboyo.jpg, Lake Boboyo

References

* Fomensky, R., M. Gwanfogbe, and F. Tsala, editorial advisers (1985) ''Macmillan School Atlas for Cameroon.'' Malaysia: Macmillan Education Ltd. * Ngoh, Victor Julius (1996) ''History of Cameroon Since 1800.'' Limbé: Presbook, 1996. Communes of Far North Region (Cameroon) {{Cameroon-geo-stub