Douala is the capital of the German Kamerun protectorate from 1884 to 1902. It again served as the capital of Cameroon in 1940–46. With its mixture of traditional, colonial, and modern architecture, Douala has grown rapidly since World War II and is the most populous city in the republic. Western-style residential areas alternate with neighbourhoods inhabited by unskilled migrants from rural Cameroon and other African countries. Douala is the economic capital of Cameroon.
One of the major industrial centres of central Africa, Douala houses breweries, textile factories, and palm-oil, soap, and food-processing plants. It also produces building materials, metalwork, plastics, glass, paper, bicycles, and timber products. Other activities include boat and ship repairing, railway engineering, and radio assembly. Offshore reserves of petroleum and natural gas had not been exploited by the early 2000s. Douala’s deepwater port handles most of the country’s overseas trade. It has special installations for handling timber products, bananas, gasoline, and bauxite, as well as fishing facilities.
The highest hustling in Cameroon is done in Douala.
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