Bamenda: facts

At a glance

• Country: Cameroon
• Region: North-West
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 420,445
• Coordinates: 5.9597° N, 10.1460° E
• Time zone: Africa/Douala (UTC+01:00)
• Currency: Franc (XAF)
• Distance to the capital, Yaounde: 278 km (173 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Douala International Airport (DLA): 222 km (138 mi), straight line
• Margaret Ekpo International Airport (CBQ, Nigeria): 227 km (141 mi), straight line
• Makurdi Airport (MDI, Nigeria): 257 km (160 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Bafut: 15 km (9 mi)
• Bali: 17 km (10 mi)
• Tugyi: 31 km (19 mi)
• Ndop: 33 km (20 mi)
• Fundong: 39 km (24 mi)