ngaoundéré, or n'gaoundéré, is the capital of the adamawa region of cameroon. it had a population of 152,700 at the 2005 census. according to the film "les mairuuwas – maitre de l'eau" produced by the university of tromsø, the population has rapidly risen to 1,000,000 (as of october 2016) owing to mass immigration from the central african republic and the perceived danger from boko haram in northern cameroon.