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Douala

Chief port and commercial and industrial centre of Cameroon, on the Wouri River estuary by the Gulf of Guinea; population (2001 est) 1,494,700. Industries include aluminium, chemicals, textiles, and the processing of cacao beans and timber. Known as Kamerunstadt until 1907, it was capital of German Cameroon, which became a German protectorate in 1884, 1885–1901.

The largest city in the country, Douala handles 95% of Cameroon's port traffic, with exports including palm and oil products, timber, and general cargo. Oil and gas are extracted offshore in the Douala/Karibi Campo basin.

Douala is linked by rail with the capital Yaoundé and by the Transcameroon railway to Ngaoundere. Cameroon's main international airport is at Douala.



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Commercial Transactions and Cultural Interactions from the Delta to Duala and Beyond.
African Art at the Museum fur Volkerkunde in Vienna by Plankensteiner, Barbara / African Arts
River basin (tributary) group end of road I Sanaga (Noun) Shu-pamen Yes II Sanaga (Mbam) Shu-pamen No III Wouri/Sanaga Tunen Yes IV Nyong Beti-fang Yes V Nyong/Lokoundje Kwasio No VI Ntem Beti-fang Yes VII Ntem Beti-fang No VIII Congo (Dja) Kawzime No IX Congo (Dja) Mpo Yes X Calabar/Niger (Cross) Esirnbi Yes XI Niger Limbum Yes XII Calabar (Cross) Kenyang No XIII Ndian Oroko No XIV Wouri (Dibamba) Bassa No XV Sanaga Duala Yes XVI Congo (Dja) Beti-fang Yes XVII Sanaga Gbete Yes Table 2.
Exposure to nonhuman primates in rural Cameroon by Burke, Donald S. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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