Toukouroua (also Tukorua, Takoura, Tukurua) is a village in the commune of Banyo in the department of Mayo-Banyo in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria.
Toukouroua | |
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  Toukouroua | |
| Coordinates: 6°38′00″N 11°41′00″E / 6.6333°N 11.6833°E | |
| Country | Cameroon  |
| Region | Adamawa |
| Department | Mayo-Banyo |
| Elevation | 1,276 m (4,186 ft) |
| Population (2005)[1] | |
| • Total | 998 |
Population
editIn 1967, Toukouroua contained 215 inhabitants, mostly Fula people.[2]
At the time of the 2005 census, there were 998 people in the village.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat (3e RGPH, 2005), Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP), 2010.
- ^ Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p. 102
Bibliography
edit- Jean Boutrais, 1993, Peuples et cultures de l'Adamaoua (Cameroun) : actes du colloque de Ngaoundéré du 14 au 16 janvier 1992, Paris : Éd. de l'ORSTOM u.a.
- Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, 133 p.
External links
edit- Banyo, on the website Communes et villes unies du Cameroun (CVUC)
