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  1. $Title{Table 1.: Major Towns of Cameroon, Estimated Population Growth, 1970 1973, and 1975}
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  4.                         |                          |       Population        |
  5.         Town            |            Province      |     (in thousands)      |                 Comment
  6.                         |                          |_________________________|
  7.                         |                          |  1970  |  1973  |   1975|
  8. ________________________|__________________________|________|________|_______|________________________________________________________________
  9. Douala..................|   Littoral...............|   270  |   315  |    345|  Major port; railway; industry; enervating climate.
  10. Yaounde.................|   South Central..........|   170  |   225  |    295|  Capital city and development center; railway; plateau climate.
  11. Nkongsamba..............|   Littoral...............|    70  |    85  |     96|  Agriculture area; railway.
  12. Victoria................|   Southwestern...........|    62  |    71  |     87|  Small port;commercial plantations.
  13. Kumba...................|   .....do................|    48  |    58  |     67|  Agriculture area; railway.
  14. Maroua..................|   Northern...............|    35  |    42  |     47|  Agriculture; receives migrants from Mandara Hills.
  15. Foumban.................|   Western................|    34  |    41  |     46|  Highlands agriculture; heavy rural population area.
  16. Bamenda.................|   Northwestern...........|    28  |    35  |     40|  .............Do...............................................
  17. Garoua..................|   Northern...............|    26  |    31  |     35|   Receives migrants from Mandara Hills.
  18.                         |                          |  ____  |  ____  |  _____|
  19.      TOTAL..............|..........................|   743  |   903  |  1,058|
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  21. Source: Adapted from "Le Marche Camerounaise, 1971," Marches Tropicaux et Mediterraneens [Paris], XXVII, No. 1,325, April 3, 1971, pp. 785-1016;
  22.         France, Ministere de la Cooperation, Economie et Plan de Developpement: Republique Federale du Cameroun, Paris, 1965; and Memento de
  23.         l'Economie Africaine, (Seventh Edition), Paris, 1972.
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