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Contents 1 Moving this page 1.1 Make Duala a disambiguation page, and move the article about the city to Douala. 2 Ship Size 3 Largest City 4 Port Info

[edit] Moving this page

I would like to move this page. But before I do, I'd like to hear others' opinions on the topic and put it to a vote. What's at issue is the fact that "Duala" refers to four different things: the largest city in Cameroon, the Duala people, the language spoken by that people, and a group of related Bantu languages. Adding to the confusion is the fact that any of these may be written as either "Duala" or "Douala". So how do we sort this out?

A little background information: Most English-language sources tend to use "Duala" for the ethnic group and the languages; they reserve "Douala" for the city. French-language sources tend to use "Douala" for all of these.

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[edit] Make Duala a disambiguation page, and move the article about the city to Douala.

1. As I wrote above, this is how most English-language sources handle the issue. BrianSmithson 01:27, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
2. Besides, Douala appears to be the more common spelling. Warofdreams 10:45, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

I've done the move, and made Duala a (really) basic disambig page. Talrias (t | e | c) 13:55, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ship Size

What size ship (eg Panamax ) can this port handle?

Tabletop 08:04, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Largest City

This page says Douala has 1.2 million but the Wikipedia page for Yaounde says that city has 1.4 million. Which makes it the largest city in Cameroon. 4.142.96.98 00:15, 15 September 2007 (UTC)eric

[edit] Port Info

• Port of Douala
• General Port information DoualaPort of Douala
• Portfocus
• located 24km up stream on the left hand bank on the River Wouri
• Port facilities
• Cameroon Douala Port Container Terminal Modernization Project
• The Post Online (Cameroon)
• Port Trade increase
• Port Facilities

Tabletop 03:16, 19 October 2007 (UTC)