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Garoua is situated in northern
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mosques. There are also Christian churches and temples:
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processing facilities and factories. The cotton company
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1472:Ngaoundéré
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1413:North-West
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912:2018-09-06
890:References
853:Goggo Addi
841:Ngaoundéré
775:Among the
623:(≥ 1.0 mm)
182:Population
163:Department
1704:Rey Bouba
1694:Tcholliré
1671:Mayo-Oulo
1558:(Baschéo)
1467:Far North
1400:Bafoussam
823:Transport
750:Sodecoton
250:Geography
190:2,000,000
174:Elevation
1681:Mayo-Rey
1551:Barndaké
1535:Cameroon
1527:Communes
1440:Littoral
1388:Capitals
1270:45647204
1045:March 8,
979:"Garoua"
934:"Garoua"
710:2,927.1
616:(39.27)
361:(103.1)
356:(103.6)
221:Cameroon
144:Cameroon
1699:Touboro
1644:(rural)
1638:(urban)
1604:Touroua
1584:Gashiga
1580:(rural)
1574:(urban)
1481:Yaoundé
1476:Adamawa
1445:Ebolowa
1418:Bertoua
1409:Bamenda
1334:13°24′E
1331:09°18′N
981:(Map).
746:textile
735:Economy
606:(0.06)
601:(2.49)
596:(7.48)
591:(9.76)
586:(8.08)
581:(5.31)
576:(4.27)
571:(1.74)
566:(0.08)
546:(71.2)
541:(63.1)
536:(66.6)
531:(72.0)
526:(71.4)
521:(71.6)
516:(72.0)
511:(73.8)
506:(76.8)
501:(79.5)
496:(76.5)
491:(68.9)
486:(63.5)
476:(82.9)
471:(78.8)
466:(81.1)
461:(82.6)
456:(80.1)
451:(79.5)
446:(79.9)
441:(82.8)
436:(87.3)
431:(91.4)
426:(90.0)
421:(84.0)
416:(78.8)
406:(94.8)
401:(94.6)
396:(96.8)
391:(93.6)
386:(88.7)
381:(87.3)
376:(88.0)
371:(91.8)
366:(97.7)
351:(99.1)
346:(93.9)
266:Climate
231:History
196:Climate
135:Country
110:13°24′E
1725:Garoua
1666:Guider
1661:Figuil
1578:Garoua
1572:Garoua
1562:Bibemi
1556:Bashéo
1543:Bénoué
1485:Centre
1463:Maroua
1454:Garoua
1436:Douala
1319:Garoua
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857:Fulani
837:Maroua
781:Muslim
742:Burutu
707:286.5
704:279.2
701:261.5
698:204.5
695:187.2
692:194.0
689:224.4
686:256.7
683:245.4
680:260.1
677:252.6
674:275.0
611:(0.0)
561:(0.0)
556:(0.0)
297:Month
276:Köppen
237:Fulani
211:(also
209:Garoua
168:Bénoué
151:Region
107:9°18′N
85:Garoua
41:Garoua
29:Maroua
1599:Pitoa
1594:Ngong
1589:Lagdo
1567:Dembo
1458:North
1449:South
756:Sport
729:Fulbe
614:997.4
594:190.0
589:247.9
584:205.3
579:134.8
574:108.4
336:Year
239:emir
213:Garua
156:North
27:, or
25:Garwa
21:Garua
1642:Poli
1636:Poli
1631:Beka
1623:Faro
1427:Buea
1422:East
1291:ISBN
1266:OCLC
1256:ISBN
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1047:2015
1016:ISBN
992:2016
945:2016
839:and
599:63.3
569:44.1
544:21.8
539:17.3
534:19.2
529:22.2
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519:22.0
514:22.2
509:23.2
504:24.9
499:26.4
494:24.7
489:20.5
484:17.5
474:28.3
469:26.0
464:27.3
459:28.1
454:26.7
449:26.4
444:26.6
439:28.2
434:30.7
429:33.0
424:32.2
419:28.9
414:26.0
404:34.9
399:34.8
394:36.0
389:34.2
384:31.5
379:30.7
374:31.1
369:33.2
364:36.5
359:39.5
354:39.8
349:37.3
344:34.4
333:Dec
330:Nov
327:Oct
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321:Aug
318:Jul
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