<p><b style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Garoua</b><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> est la capitale de la </span><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gion_du_Nord_(Cameroun)" title="Région du Nord (Cameroun)" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">région du Nord</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> du </span><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroun" title="Cameroun" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cameroun</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> et le chef-lieu du département de la </span><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9nou%C3%A9_(d%C3%A9partement)" title="Bénoué (département)" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bénoué</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Elle a été érigée en </span><b style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Communauté urbaine de Garoua</b><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> en</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> 2008</span><span id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; vertical-align: text-top; position: relative; font-size: 0.8em; top: -5px; padding-left: 1px; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garoua#cite_note-1" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">1</a></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. La ville compte 900 000 habitants environ en 2018 et est la troisième ville du pays. Elle était l'une des premières villes du Cameroun avant la colonisation et</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> était la capitale régionale du Grand-nord jusqu'en 1982. La langue principale d'échange de la ville est le </span><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peul" title="Peul" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Fulfuldé</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span></p><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.25em; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-size: 1.5em; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Géographie">Géographie</span></h2><div class="thumb tleft" style="margin: 0.5em 1.4em 1.3em 0px; width: auto; float: left; clear: left; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); font-size: 13.16px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; width: 222px;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waterfall_Garoua_Kameroen_-_panoramio.jpg?uselang=fr" class="image" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Waterfall_Garoua_Kameroen_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Waterfall_Garoua_Kameroen_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Waterfall_Garoua_Kameroen_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Waterfall_Garoua_Kameroen_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Waterfall_Garoua_Kameroen_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Waterfall_Garoua_Kameroen_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="676" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; font-size: 12.3704px; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Waterfall_Garoua_Kameroen_-_panoramio.jpg" class="internal" title="Agrandir" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url("/w/resources/src/mediawiki.skinning/images/magnify-clip-ltr.svg?8330e"); background-position-x: initial, initial; background-position-y: initial, initial; background-size: initial, initial; background-repeat: repeat, repeat; background-attachment: initial, initial; background-origin: initial, initial; background-clip: initial, initial; display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none;"></a></div>Chutes d'eau.</div></div></div><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Elle est située sur la <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_nationale_1_(Cameroun)" title="Route nationale 1 (Cameroun)" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">route nationale 1</a> à 1 107 <abbr class="abbr" title="kilomètre" style="border-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: initial;">km</abbr> au nord de la capitale camerounaise: <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaound%C3%A9" title="Yaoundé" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Yaoundé</a>. Oasis de verdure au cœur</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> de la <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brousse_(v%C3%A9g%C3%A9tation)" title="Brousse (végétation)" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">brousse</a>, Garoua est la seule ville traversée par la rivière <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9nou%C3%A9" title="Bénoué" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Bénoué</a> au Cameroun. Une ville plaisante et bien équipée qui</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> constitue une plaque tournante des mouvements touristiques dirigés, d'une part vers le nord, le <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_national_de_Waza" title="Parc national de Waza" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">parc national de Waza</a> et la</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> région des <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapsiki_(peuple_d%27Afrique)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kapsiki (peuple d'Afrique)" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Kapsiki</a>, d'autre part, vers le sud, les parcs de la <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_national_de_la_B%C3%A9nou%C3%A9" title="Parc national de la Bénoué" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Bénoué</a>, de <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_national_de_Bouba_Ndjida" title="Parc national de Bouba Ndjida" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Bouba Ndjida</a> et la <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_national_du_Faro" title="Parc national du Faro" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">réserve du Faro</a>.</p><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.25em; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-size: 1.5em; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Climat">Climat</span></h2><div class="thumb tleft" style="margin: 0.5em 1.4em 1.3em 0px; width: auto; float: left; clear: left; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); font-size: 13.16px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; width: 222px;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foulbere,_Garoua,_Cameroon_-_panoramio_(1).jpg?uselang=fr" class="image" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Foulbere%2C_Garoua%2C_Cameroon_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/220px-Foulbere%2C_Garoua%2C_Cameroon_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Foulbere%2C_Garoua%2C_Cameroon_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/330px-Foulbere%2C_Garoua%2C_Cameroon_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Foulbere%2C_Garoua%2C_Cameroon_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg/440px-Foulbere%2C_Garoua%2C_Cameroon_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; font-size: 12.3704px; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Foulbere,_Garoua,_Cameroon_-_panoramio_(1).jpg" class="internal" title="Agrandir" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url("/w/resources/src/mediawiki.skinning/images/magnify-clip-ltr.svg?8330e"); background-position-x: initial, initial; background-position-y: initial, initial; background-size: initial, initial; background-repeat: repeat, repeat; background-attachment: initial, initial; background-origin: initial, initial; background-clip: initial, initial; display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none;"></a></div>Vue panoramique de Garoua au Cameroun, ville au climat sahélien.</div></div></div><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Garoua est doté d'un <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climat_tropical" title="Climat tropical" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">climat tropical</a> de type Aw selon la <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_de_K%C3%B6ppen" title="Classification de Köppen" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">classification de Köppen</a>, avec une température annuelle moyenne</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> de <span title="82 °F ou 301 K">27,8 </span><abbr class="abbr" title="degré Celsius" style="border-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: initial;">°C</abbr> et des précipitations d'environ 1 005 <abbr class="abbr" title="millimètre" style="border-bottom: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: initial;">mm</abbr> par an, moins importantes en hiver qu'en été<span id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; vertical-align: text-top; position: relative; font-size: 0.8em; top: -5px; padding-left: 1px; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garoua#cite_note-2" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">2</a></span>.</p><div><br></div>