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{{Infobox settlement
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| name = Bangou
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Bangou in Cameroon
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Province (Cameroon)|West Province]]
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Mboutchouang Rosette
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'''Bangou''' is a village of the [[Bamileke]] people in the [[West Province (Cameroon)|West Province]] of Cameroon with a population of around 12,000. However, most people that consider themselves "from Bangou" do not reside in Bangou, but in [[Yaoundé]], [[Douala]], [[Nkongsamba]] or other cities in Cameroon and the world.
In fact there are Bangou associations in France, United Kingdom, Belgium and the United States as well as possibly other countries. There are also [[NGO]]s formed exclusively for the development of Bangou such as Association Solidarité France Bangou (ASFB) and American Association for the Development of Bangou (AADB).
[[File:Chute Bangoua5.jpg|thumb|Chute Bangoua5]]
Baloungou is a district of Bangou with a population of about 3,500.
The current mayor of Bangou is Mboutchouang Rosette, the mother of [[Chantal Biya]], President [[Paul Biya]]'s wife.
The traditional Chief is Tayo II Marcel. While the Chief does not have legal or political authority, his role as a traditional leader helps to settle disputes among groups of people and families in lieu of the legal court systems.
[[File:Bangou market.jpg|frameless|left|Market day on the carrefour (highway) of Bangou]]
Like many other villages in the West region, agriculture is the predominant economic subsistence in Bangou. The main staple crops that are cultivated are corn, potatoes, yams, bananas, plantains, and beans. Sources of meat are beef, goat, pigs, fish and "bush meat" that people hunt from the forests.
In addition to the numerous primary schools, there is a hospital in Bangou, a small bank that deals in micro-credit and a hotel (Hotel de la Paix).
==See also==
*[[Communes of Cameroon]]
[[File:VIADUC de BANGOU-BANA au Cameroun.jpg|thumb|VIADUC de BANGOU-BANA au Cameroun]]
==Gallery==
[[File:Ecole publique de Bangou Carrefour.jpg|left|thumb|265x265px|Government primary school Bangou]]
[[File:Carrefour Bangou.jpg|center|thumb|247x247px|Main road at Bangou Junction]]
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171216161109/http://www.americansforbangou.org/ American Association for the Development of Bangou]
{{Communes of West Region, Cameroon}}
[[Category:Populated places in West Region (Cameroon)]]
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