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Douala

Cameroon

Watercolour of Douala, Cameroon. Along the Wouri River estuary, the economic capital and cultural heart of Cameroon, with Rois Bell and Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Rois Bell; Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul; Wouri Bridge; Bonanjo; lush equatorial coastal flora; German and French
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking from the banks of the Wouri River across toward Bonanjo, showing mangrove branches and wooden pirogues in the foreground, the sweeping river waters, Wouri Bridge, and colonial architecture in the middle-ground, and the low-rise green skyline fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick canopies of mango trees in Bonanjo, lush coastal mangroves along the Wouri estuary, and royal palm groves.
Guarded against
Not Yaoundé, Libreville, or Lagos
Population1,338,082Wikidata: 2,446,945
Coordinates4.05°N, 9.70°E
Elevation13 m
Area210 km²
Time zoneAfrica/DoualaUTC+1
Solar noon12:21clock runs 0.4 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Douala and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Atafu Village, Tokelau — 556 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

YaoundéCM203 km
AbaNG284 km
Ciudad de la PazGQ300 km
Port HarcourtNG309 km
OnitshaNG398 km
LibrevilleGA408 km
Benin CityNG518 km
São ToméST528 km

Twinned cities

7 of 12 twinned cities are in this atlas. See the full network →

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