page_title: Limbe, Cameroon
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Limbe, Cameroon / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: Ocean at Limbe, Southwest Province, Cameroon, with Bioko (Equatorial Guinea) visible in the distance.
context_page_description: Limbe is a seaside city in the South-West Region 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.
context_section_description: Limbe is located on a  bay against the backdrop of a major mountain range. Black sand beaches make Limbe one of two coastal towns (Kribi being the other) that are popular among Western tourists.  Attractions include the Limbe Wildlife Centre and Limbe Botanical Gardens. The Germans left a Bismarck tower in the vicinity of Limbe. It is the home to the Bakweri people.
  Some variety of flowers at Limbe Botanical Gardens:
caption: The coastline with Bioko in the background.
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