Garoua

Garoua
City
The Market at Garoua
Garoua Location in Cameroon
Coordinates: 9°18′N 13°24′E / 9.300°N 13.400°E / 9.300; 13.400
Country	Cameroon
Region	North
Department	Bénoué
Elevation	249 m (817 ft)
Population  (2023)
• Total	2,000,000
Climate	Aw

Garoua (also Garua; Fula: 𞤺𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢, Garwa) is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 1,285,000 inhabitants in 2020, mostly Fulbe/Fulani people.^[1]