Official Name: | Edéa |
Pushpin Map: | Cameroon |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cameroon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cameroon |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Littoral Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1891 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 180 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 73128 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 3.8°N 18°W |
Elevation M: | 35 |
Edéa is a city located along the Sanaga River in Cameroon's Littoral Region. It lies on the Douala - Yaoundé - Ngaoundéré railway line. Its population was estimated at 122,300 in 2001. There are bauxite facilities, aluminium processing facility,[2] steel processing facility, timber facilities, paper facilities. These are primarily powered by the Edea Hydroelectric Power Station. Bananas, oil palm, and cacao are farmed nearby.
Basketball player Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje was born here in 1978[3] and peace activist Maximilienne Ngo Mbe went to school here.[4]
The city is served by the Cameroon Railway, which crosses the Sanaga River at this point.
In September, 2007, a metre gauge branch railway to the ocean port of Kribi was proposed, on account of it having deeper water than the river port of Douala.[5]