Mfou

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File:Lake Mfou on Mt Mbapit.jpg

Mfou is a town in the south part of Cameroon. It is not far east of the capital, Yaoundé.{{citation |last=Mougoue |first=Benoît |title=Revue de géographie du Cameroun |chapter=Mfou : une ville satellite de Yaoundé |language=fr |year=1989 |volume=8 |number=2 |pages=139–152}} It is a rural area and the activities of the inhabitants are basically subsistence agriculture.

Population

In the 2005 census, the commune had 37,209 inhabitants, including 10,533 for the town of Mfou.

Tourism

{{main|Mefou National Park}}

See also

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