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Yaoundé

Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon, set on hills in the centre-south of the country. It began as a German military and research station founded in 1889, became the capital of French-ruled Cameroon in the 1920s and has been the capital of independent Cameroon since 1960. It is the country's second-largest city after the port of Douala.

Yaoundé
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French Cameroon

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Yaoundé. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/yaounde
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