About Garoua
Garoua is a city in North, Cameroon with a population of 34,957. It is the 50th largest of the 87 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Cameroon, and the 15,727th largest worldwide. It lies 639 km from Yaoundé.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 8
Coordinates
9.301, 13.398
Record updated
13 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 87 in CameroonClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.