Édéa

Edéa

Edéa

Place in Littoral Province, Cameroon


Edéa is a city located along the Sanaga River in Cameroon's Littoral Region. It lies on the DoualaYaoundéNgaoundéré railway line. Its population was estimated at 122,300 in 2001. There are bauxite facilities, aluminium processing facility,[2] steel processing facility, timber facilities, paper facilities. These are primarily powered by the Edea Hydroelectric Power Station. Bananas, oil palm, and cacao are farmed nearby.

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Notable residents

Basketball player Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje was born here in 1978[3] and peace activist Maximilienne Ngo Mbe went to school here.[4]

Transport

The city is served by the Cameroon Railway, which crosses the Sanaga River at this point.

In September, 2007, a metre gauge branch railway to the ocean port of Kribi was proposed, on account of it having deeper water than the river port of Douala.[5]

See also


References

  1. "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11.
  2. "Maximilienne Ngo Mbe, Biography". www.camerounweb.com. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

3°48′N 10°08′E


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