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Kentzou Facts

Area	3.1 km²
Population	19,332
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+457.0%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+-0.0%
Local Time
Timezone	West Africa Time
Lat & Lng	4.17865, 15.02930

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Kentzou Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	3,471	10,296	19,336	25,919	19,332	20,454	21,829
Population Density	1,110.7 / km²	3,294.7 / km²	6,187.5 / km²	8,294.1 / km²	6,186.2 / km²	6,545.3 / km²	6,985.3 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kentzou Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 0% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Kentzou	+457%	+87.8%	+0%
East Region (Cameroon)	—	—	—
Cameroon	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kentzou Population Density

Population Density: 6,186 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Kentzou	19,332	3.125 km²	6,186 / km²
East Region (Cameroon)	934,642	108,927.7 km²	8.6 / km²
Cameroon	23.2 million	463,892.8 km²	50 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Kentzou Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1740 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Kentzou CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Kentzou	5,831 tn	0.3 tn	1,866 tons/km²
East Region (Cameroon)	278,319 tn	0.3 tn	2.6 tons/km²
Cameroon	6,943,081 tn	0.3 tn	15 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Kentzou CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	5,831 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.3 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	1,866 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Low (2)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Kentzou

Kentzou is a town and commune in Cameroon. the first months of 2014, the town became a destination for refugees fleeing violence in the Central African Republic. border town of Kentzou was amongst the areas most heavily affected as refugee arrival..

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