{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Akwaya |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Commune and town |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = 0SM Akwaya.png |mapsize = |map_caption = Akwaya, Cameroon: city boundaries |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = bottom |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Cameroon |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Cameroon}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Southwest |subdivision_type2 = Department |subdivision_name2 = Manyu |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2005 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 85,914 |population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = WAT |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- accord. to Google Earth--> <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Akwaya''' is a town and commune in the Manyu Department, Southwest Region of Cameroon. As of 2005 census, it had a population of 85,914.<ref name="RG">{{cite book|author=Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP) |date=2005 |format=pdf |page=409 |title=Répertoire actualisé des villages du Cameroun: Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat (3rd RGPH) |url=http://www.ceped.org/ireda/inventaire/ressources/cmr-2005-rec_v4.7_repertoire_actualise_villages_cameroun.pdf |volume=IV}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
In 2022, at least 26 civilians were killed in a massacre.<ref name="cnajun262022">{{cite web |url= https://cameroonnewsagency.com/akwaya-oliti-attacks-mesaka-village-leaving-dozens-dead-in-intertribal-war/?fbclid=IwAR0IspqoFAOO7KZADY-5libirkHjV-qdZ5n2VB1gHRk21NrGvHY93zo7Hwg |title= Akwaya: Oliti attacks Mesaka village, leaving dozens dead in intertribal war |date= 26 June 2022|author= |website= |publisher= Cameroon News Agency|access-date= 26 June 2022 }}</ref>
==See also== *Communes of Cameroon
==References== {{Reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090608041115/http://www.spm.gov.cm/elections/minicipales2002/maires2002_adamaoua.htm Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002] {{in lang|fr}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110601052711/http://www.cidegef.refer.org/douala/DONATIEN_AVELE.doc Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises ]- Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV {{in lang|fr}} * Charles Nanga, ''[http://www.ena.fr/index.php?module=doc&action=getFile&id=408 La réforme de l’administration territoriale au Cameroun à la lumière de la loi constitutionnelle n° 96/06 du 18 janvier 1996] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130191024/http://www.ena.fr/index.php?module=doc&action=getFile&id=408 |date=2016-01-30 }}'', Mémoire ENA. {{in lang|fr}}
{{Communes of Southwest Region, Cameroon}} {{coord|6|22|N|9|32|E|display=title|region:CM_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}
Category:Communes of Southwest Region (Cameroon)
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