Town
Edéa
Towns, villages and neighbourhoods
30 places on InsideKamer lie in Edéa, according to Wikidata.
- AbbeVillage
- DehaneVillage
- DehaneVillage
- DikousVillage
- DissatVillage
- EkiteVillage
- EkothVillage
- ElogkamVillage
- KoukoueVillage
- Lom ÉdéaVillage
- Malimba IVillage
- MassengVillage
- MbengueVillage
- MetoungaVillage
- MpomboVillage
- NdjongVillage
- NdogbiangVillage
- NdogkohiVillage
- Ndogtima-NyongVillage
- NdogtimacriqueVillage
- NgongaVillage
- NkankanzockVillage
- NtoumbaVillage
- Nzock NkongVillage
- OkothVillage
- OngueVillage
- PokoVillage
- Pout-LolomaVillage
- YambongVillage
- YawandaVillage
From Wikipedia
Edéa (German: Marienberg, though this was the colonial name) is a city and commune in the Littoral Region of Cameroon. Situated on the Sanaga River, it lies on the Douala–Yaoundé–Ngaoundéré railway line. Its population was estimated at 122,300 in 2001.
History
During World War I, the First Battle of Edea took place from 20 to 26 October 1914 in and around Edéa, and ended in an Allied victory. The Second Battle of Edea, in 1915, also ended in an Allied victory.
Economy
Edéa is powered by the Edea Hydroelectric Power Station.
Agriculture
A primarily agricultural economy, Edéa's main product is palm oil. In 2015, Yaouba Abdoulaye funded the local government FCFA$612,000,000 to build processing plants. Palm oil company Socapalm has operated a 3,712-hectare (37.12 km2) palm oil planation in Edéa since 1969, on a lease which was supposed to end in 2000. On 25 March 2025, members of the Association of Women Residents of Socapalm-Édéa (AFRISE; abbreviated from French name)—a local organization against Socapalm—protested to stop the company from replanting and were tear-gassed by local police.
Edéa is also situated near Douala Edéa National Park.
Transportation
Edéa is served by Camrail. 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. In August 2020, Camrail completed improvements on several nearby railway bridges. In September 2021, the Cameroonian government gathered investors to fund 291 kilometers of railway construction, part of which running through Edéa.
Cameroon National Highway 7 begins in Edéa, ending in Kribi.
Notable people
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (born 1978), basketball player
Maximilienne Ngo Mbe (born 1972), human rights campaigner
This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.
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