Subdivision
Bafang
Subdivision (arrondissement) of the Haut-Nkam division, West region.
Names and codes as published in the national administrative boundaries dataset (Institut National de Cartographie, via OCHA), valid on 4 January 2019. Some names are published without accents.
From Wikipedia
Bafang is a town and commune in Cameroon situated in the Haut-Nkam division of the West Province.
It lies at the heart of the territory of the Bamiléké people, and has a population of roughly 33,324. (2012)
Religion
Its cathedral, Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie, is the See of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafang, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala, like the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba, which it was split off from in 2011.
Notable people
Tony Tchani, professional football player
Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, professional football player of Slavia Prague and Cameroon National Team
Ulrich Chomche, professional basketball player
This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.
Sources
- 1.Cameroon — Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB, v01)
Downloaded on 2026-10-14. Names, P-codes and hierarchy of the 10 regions, 58 divisions and 360 subdivisions, valid on 2019-01-04. Names are given as published; some omit accents.
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