Edéa is a city located along the Sanaga River in Cameroon's Littoral Region.
Bananas, oil palm, and cacao are farmed nearby.
Basketball player Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje was born here in 1978[3] and peace activist Maximilienne Ngo Mbe went to school here.
[4] The city is served by the Cameroon Railway, which crosses the Sanaga River at this point.
In September, 2007, a metre gauge branch railway to the ocean port of Kribi was proposed, on account of it having deeper water than the river port of Douala.