Official Name: | Kaélé |
Native Name: | |
Pushpin Map: | Cameroon |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cameroon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cameroon |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Far North |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 30609 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 10.1°N 41°W |
Elevation M: | 377 |
Kaélé is a town in Cameroon's Far North Province, on the Diamaré Plain at 10.1°N 14.45°W. It lies near the Chadian border and 104 km south of Maroua. The town has a population of roughly 30,600 and is the capital of the Mayo Kani division. The cottonseed oil company Diamaor runs a mill in the town. Kaélé is accessible by road and by airstrip.