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Bamenda map: finding Bamenda Main Market

Where the market sits in Bamenda, the landmarks around it, and the simplest way to get there by taxi, bike or on foot.

Map of Bamenda Main Market

Bamenda Main Market, Commercial Avenue area, Bamenda, North West Region, Cameroon · 5.9631, 10.1591

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Landmarks around the market

  • Bamenda Main Market

    The market sits in the middle of Bamenda town, in the Commercial Avenue area, with sheds arranged along numbered lines.

  • Commercial Avenue

    The main trading street beside the market. Banks, phone shops and offices run along it, and it is the easiest landmark to give a taxi driver.

  • City Chemist roundabout & Food Market

    Two well-known points a short walk away. From either one, any bike rider will take you to the market gate in a few minutes.

  • Motorbike drops

    Commercial bikes drop passengers at the market edges. Say the shed line or the goods you want — riders know the sections by name.

How to find the market

  1. 1

    Arriving from another town, get down at your bus agency park in Bamenda.

  2. 2

    Take a shared taxi and say "Main Market" — every driver in town knows it by that name.

  3. 3

    From Commercial Avenue, walk towards the sheds; the lines are numbered and signposted.

  4. 4

    For one particular shop, open its page here first and note the shed code, then ask at that line.

When the market is open

Shops inside the market trade Tuesday to Saturday, and businesses outside the market Tuesday to Sunday. Trading runs from 8:00am to about 5:00pm, sometimes to 6:00pm.