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Maroua
Sign in to saveMaroua (Fula: Marwa, , 𞤥𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢) is the capital of the Far North Region of Cameroon, stretching along the banks of the Ferngo and Kaliao Rivers, in the foothills of the Mandara Mountains. The city had 201,371 inhabitants at the 2005 census, consisting mainly of the Fulbe/Fulani ethnic group.
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Place details
- Locality
- Maroua I
- Region
- Extrême-Nord
- Country
- Cameroun
- Population
- 314,122
- Timezone
- Africa/Douala
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Maroua
- Settlement.image_skyline
- A street in Maroua.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Domayo District
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cameroon
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Cameroon
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Cameroon
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Far North
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Diamaré
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_total
- 201,371
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 384
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 201371
- Elevation
- 406
- Image
- Un amphi de l'école normale supérieure de Maroua.jpg
- Dialing code
- 00237
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- Commons category
- Maroua
- P12749
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Travel guide
Understand
Maroua is famous for its artisanal activity and its market where tanners, potters, tailors, weavers and blacksmiths gather daily.
The craft center at the entrance to the market brings together about fifty artisans who offer on their shelves embroidered or hand-woven tablecloths, leather rugs, slippers, crocodile skin handbags. or snake, etc. Another more modern craft center is found at the entrance to the city.
Maroua is known in particular for its imposing ginger fields, and for the manufacture of ginger liqueur.
Get in
The N1 Highway is nearby. It connects Maroua with Garoua, Kousseri, Ndjamena and Maiduguri. This road is in bad condition which doubles the journey times.
Get around
The easiest way to get around Maroua is by motorbike, locally called benskin (local English expression for: "trembling skin"). It is not allowed to share your motorcycle taxi. A trip within the city costs between 100 and 300 FCFA, more if the distance is important). A "deposit" (unshared motorbike taxi) varies depending on the duration and starts at 500 FCFA and goes up to 2000 FCFA (Sep 2021). Prices are to be discussed before getting on the vehicle. The city has thousands of motorcycle taxis, it is a very economical means of transport. It is nonetheless dangerous, in fact many accidents involving this means of transport.
Hiring a car at the airport or in town can also be a pleasant way to get around Maroua.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Places of worship
- Climate
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Maroua (Fula: Marwa, , 𞤥𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢) is the capital of the Far North Region of Cameroon, stretching along the banks of the Ferngo and Kaliao Rivers, in the foothills of the Mandara Mountains. The city had 201,371 inhabitants at the 2005 census, consisting mainly of the Fulbe/Fulani ethnic group.
== History == left|thumb|Matakam dwellings near Maroua, Far North Region, Cameroon The city was occupied by the Guiziga in the 17th century and the Mofu in the 18th century.
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