Subdivision
Mbouda
Subdivision (arrondissement) of the Bamboutos 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
Mbouda is the capital of the Bamboutos department of West Province, Cameroon. Projected to be the fourteenth fastest growing city on the African continent between 2020 and 2025, with annual growth estimated at 5.16 percent per annum during that period.
Notable people born in Mbouda
Tony Sunshyne (Gilbert Nguita Noumessi), author / composer.
Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi, politician.
Dieudonné Watio, Catholic bishop, born in Balatchi in 1946.
Jacques Toussele, photographer, born in Bamessingué
Buildings
In 2022, American YouTuber MrBeast built a well in the city.
Sport
Mbouda has a municipal stadium, renovated from 2007 to 2009, then a second time between 2018 and 2020 to be a training stadium for the Africa Cup of Nations 2021. It is the home of Bamboutos FC.
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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