Limbe, Cameroon

Limbe Bimbia Victoria
A tourist area in Limbe
Nickname(s): Town of Friendship
Limbe Location in Cameroon
Coordinates: 4°01′N 9°13′E / 4.017°N 9.217°E / 4.017; 9.217
Country	Cameroon
region	South-West
Divisions	Fako
Founded	1858
Elevation	150 m (490 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	84,223 (Census)
Climate	Am

Coordinates: 4°01′N 9°13′E / 4.017°N 9.217°E / 4.017; 9.217

Limbe (1858–1982: formerly Victoria) is a seaside city in the South-West Region (Cameroon) of Cameroon. Limbe was founded in 1858 on the southern slopes of Mount Cameroon by the British missionary Alfred Saker. At the 2005 Census, the population was 84,223.

Victoria was founded by the British missionary Alfred Saker of the Baptist Missionary Society of London in June 1858. Due to this treaty, initially Victoria and its vicinity was not part of the new German colony Kamerun and remained under British administration. On May 7, 1886 Great Britain and Germany agreed to exchange Victoria and its vicinity for German rights at the Forcados River in Nigeria and St. Lucia in South Africa. On March 28, 1887 Victoria and its vicinity were handed over to the German administration. At the same time Swiss Presbyterian missionaries bought the land from the Baptist Missionary Society in 1887.

Victoria became British again in 1915. In 1982 Victoria was renamed by Ahmadou Ahidjo and is since then became known as Limbe.

The Southwest Province's official language is English, although French is spoken due to the city's geographic proximity to Douala, where the official language is French. Most of the population speaks Cameroonian Pidgin English. The native language of the region is Bimbia or Isubu.