Yokadouma

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Yokadouma
Yokadouma road
Yokadouma road
Coordinates: 3°31′N 15°03′E / 3.517°N 15.050°E / 3.517; 15.050
CountryFlag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
ProvinceEast Province
DivisionBoumba-et-Ngoko
Elevation
560 m (1,840 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total24,430
The pygmies-led settlement just south of Yokadouma

Yokadouma is a town and Catholic bishopric in eastern Cameroon, lying near the border with the Central African Republic. It was an early French administrative centre: from 05/03/20 till it was suppressed  03/09/23 it was <<Yokadouma region>>, the subdivision recreated 26/11/1927. It became a Division by 1931 (sources: French annual reports to League of Nations).

Its Cathédrale Marie Reine de la Paix, dedicated in 2010 to Our Lady Queen of Peace, is the cathedral episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokadouma (founded 1991).[1]

Grumier dans la ville de Yokadouma
Caravane de bœufs.
Caravane de boeufs à Yokadouma

Coordinates: 03°31′N 15°03′E / 3.517°N 15.050°E / 3.517; 15.050

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  1. ^ "Cathédrale Marie Reine de la Paix, Yokadouma, East, Cameroon". www.gcatholic.org.
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