It is located on the main (though unpaved) road connecting Bertoua to the Central African Republic and to the Cameroonian town of Yokadouma.

Batouri is mostly dominated by fulbe/fulani people and a large percentage of the population speaks the Fulani language fulfulde.

Most people speak French though Fulfulde serves as a lingua franca for much of the Muslim community and is spoken widely throughout the town.

It has a Guinea type climate which is hot and humid for most of the year with a dry season from mid-November to early March, then another small one in July.

Wooded areas follow rivers northward and can extend many miles into the surrounding Guinea vegetation.

[3] An assessment released 4 July 2014 indicated that "in Cameroon, up to 1 out of 3 refugee children from Central African Republic suffer from malnutrition ...

In the inpatient center of Batouri close to the border, the mortality rate in May exceeded 24 per cent.