Yaoundé

capital of Cameroon
City city Q3808
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Yaoundé

Summary

Yaoundé is a city[1]. Yaoundé has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Yaoundé is located in Centre[3].
  • Yaoundé is in the country of Cameroon[4].
  • Yaoundé's instance of is recorded as city[5].
  • Yaoundé's twinned administrative body is recorded as Udine[6].
  • Yaoundé's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shenyang[7].
  • Yaoundé's twinned administrative body is recorded as Edessa[8].
  • Yaoundé's Commons category is recorded as Yaoundé[9].
  • Yaoundé's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[10].
  • 1888 marks the founding of Yaoundé[11].
  • Yaoundé's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 3.8577777777778, 'lon': 11.518055555556}[12].
  • Yaoundé's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yaoundé[13].
  • Yaoundé's Commons gallery is recorded as Yaoundé[14].
  • Yaoundé has a population of {'amount': '+2440462'}[15].
  • Yaoundé has a population of {'amount': '+1817524'}[16].
  • Yaoundé's office held by head of government is recorded as Mayor of Yaoundé[17].
  • Yaoundé's capital of is recorded as Cameroon[18].
  • Yaoundé's capital of is recorded as Centre[19].
  • Yaoundé's capital of is recorded as Kamerun[20].
  • Yaoundé's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Yaoundé'}[21].
  • Yaoundé's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Yaoundé[22].
  • Yaoundé's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Yaoundé[23].
  • Yaoundé's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Yaoundéen'}[24].
  • Yaoundé's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Yaoundéenne'}[25].
  • Yaoundé's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Yaoundé'}[26].
  • Yaoundé's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Yaoundé[27].

Body

Geography

Yaoundé is in the country of Cameroon[4]. Yaoundé is located in Centre[3].

Physical Characteristics

Yaoundé covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+180'}[28]. Yaoundé sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+764'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2440462'}[15] and {'amount': '+1817524'}[16].

Designation and Status

Yaoundé's instance of is recorded as city[5].

History and Context

1888 marks the founding of Yaoundé[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Yaoundé include Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport[30], an international airport[31], in Cameroon[32].

Why It Matters

Yaoundé has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Yaoundé is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Yaoundé include Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport[30], an international airport[31], in Cameroon[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . udine20.it. udine20.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . fr.allafrica.com. fr.allafrica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . fr.allafrica.com. Retrieved . fr.allafrica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . geohive.com. geohive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . cameroonadventuresandtours.com. cameroonadventuresandtours.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . yaounde.cm. yaounde.cm. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . cnig.gouv.fr. cnig.gouv.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . cnig.gouv.fr. cnig.gouv.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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