Local time
Sun, 8:25 AM GMT+1Africa/DoualaCityCapital
Yaoundé
3.87° N, 11.51° E
- Population
- 1,611,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 2 of 23
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 23 cities of Cameroon in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Cameroon, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Africa/Douala
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Yaoundé, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Yaoundé have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name Yaounde comes from the native Ewondo people, but its meaning is unclear.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person