Bafang is a town and commune in

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

situated in the

Haut-Nkam Haut-Nkam is a department of West Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 958 km and as of 2005 had a total population of 191,600. The capital of the department lies at Bafang. Subdivisions The department is divided administ ...

division of the West Province. It lies at the heart of the territory of the

Bamiléké The Bamiléké people are an ethnic group of Central Africa that inhabits the Western High Plateau colloquially known as the ''grassfields'' of Cameroon. According to Dr John Feyou de Hapy, Bamiléké means "people of faith". Languages The Bam ...

people, and has a population of roughly 33,324. (2012)World Gazetteer
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Religion

Its

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, Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie, is the See of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafang Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala, like the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba () is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception at ...

, which it was split off from in 2011. Transport avec moto dans le village Bafang

Notable people

Tony Tchani Tony Ghislain Tchani (; born 13 April 1989) is a Cameroonian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Youth and college soccer Tchani moved to the United States from his native Cameroon in 2004, settling in Norfolk, Virginia. He atten ...

, professional football player *

Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (born 23 November 1990) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan and captains the Cameroon national team. Club career Ngadeu trained as a youth with C ...

, professional football player of

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and Cameroon National Team *

Ulrich Chomche Ulrich Kamka Chomche (born 30 December 2005) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. At 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), ...

, professional basketball player

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* Communes of Cameroon Populated places in West Region (Cameroon) {{WestRegionCM-geo-stub

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