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Mbum People
Mbum Proper (also Mboum, Buna, Mboumtiba and Wuna) is a Adamawa–Ubangi languages, Adamawa–Ubangi language of Central Africa. It is spoken by about people in Cameroon and the Central African Republic. History The Mbum language is spoken by the Mbum people who inhabit Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Chad. While their origins are unclear, some believe that the Mbum were one of the earliest ethnic groups of the Adamawa Region. The Mbum people have such a close relationship with the Dii languages, Dii people, and one which has persisted for so long, that outsiders often have a hard time distinguishing them. In the early nineteenth century, both groups came under the rule of the Fula people, Fulani Muslims, who they are said to have intermarried in large numbers. Despite this, the Mbum and Dii peoples still managed to hold on to their traditional spiritual beliefs until the twentieth century. The Mbum converted to Islam, while the Dii converted to Christianity. Variet ...
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Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea, and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Cameroon's population of nearly 31 million people speak 250 native languages, in addition to the national tongues of English and French, or both. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad and the Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon), Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese discoveries, Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''C ...
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Bélabo
Bélabo is a town and commune in Cameroon, lying on the Yaoundé – N'Gaoundéré railway line. Near the town lies the Sanaga-Yong chimpanzee rescue centre. Transport The town has a railway station served by Camrail, and lies on the Sanaga River. Factory The town has a quarry supplying ballast and aggregate for a factory making concrete sleepers. Statistics * Population = 22,553 See also * Railway stations in Cameroon The list of railway stations in Cameroon includes: Stations served by passenger trains Towns served by rail Existing ( gauge plantation railway) * Limbe, Cameroon, Limbe - port, terminal, cement works ---- ( gauge) ---- * Nkongsamba (W ... References Populated places in East Region (Cameroon) Communes of Cameroon {{Cameroon-geo-stub ...
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Faro Department
Faro is a department of North Region in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 11,785 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 81,472. The capital of the department lies at Poli. Subdivisions The department is divided administratively into three communes and in turn into villages. Communes * Beka * Poli (urban) * Poli (rural) See also *Communes of Cameroon The Divisions of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. They are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban communities (Douala and Ya ... References Departments of Cameroon North Region (Cameroon) {{Cameroon-geo-stub ...
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Touboro
Touboro is a town and commune in North Region Cameroon. Refugees An April 10, 2014 report says: "Thousands of refugees, fleeing the violence of armed groups ( Séléka and Anti-balaka) are concentrated in the towns of Mbaimboum and Touboro, on the border between the two Countries. Neither the local authorities nor international organizations are providing care for these people, who are left on their own or, in the best cases, can count on the solidarity of relatives and friends from Cameroon." See also *Communes of Cameroon The Divisions of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. They are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban communities (Douala and Ya ... References Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002 Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu ...
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Mayo-Rey
Mayo-Rey is a department of North Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 36,529 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 242,441 . The capital of the department lies at Tcholliré. Spillover of CAR War According to the Fides News Agency, as of 10 April 2014, There is growing concern in Cameroon for the influx of refugees from the neighboring Central African Republic in the department of Mayo-Rey, in the north of the Country. Thousands of refugees, fleeing the violence of armed groups (Séléka and Anti-balaka) are concentrated in the towns of Mbaimboum and Touboro, on the border between the two Countries. Neither the local authorities nor international organizations are providing care for these people, who are left on their own or, in the best cases, can count on the solidarity of relatives and friends from Cameroon. From the testimony gathered by Fides Agency, several refugees report to the local press that they come and go across the border dependin ...
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Tignère
Tignère is a town and commune in Cameroon. Climate Tignère has a tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ... (Aw) with little to no rain from November to March and heavy rainfall from April to October. References Site de la primature – Élections municipales 2002 Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV * Charles Nanga, La réforme de l’administration territoriale au Cameroun à la lumière de la loi constitutionnelle n° 96/06 du 18 janvier 1996', Mémoire ENA. Communes of Cameroon Populated places in Adamawa Region {{Cameroon-geo-stub ...
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Faro-et-Déo
Faro-et-Déo is a department of Adamawa Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 10,435 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 66,442. The capital of the department lies at Tignere. Subdivisions The department is divided administratively into arrondissements and communes and in turn into villages. Arrondissements *Galim-Tignère *Mayo-Baléo (1 district : Kontcha) *Tignère Communes The department has 4 communes: * Galim-Tignère * Mayo-Baléo *Tignère * Kontcha See also *Communes of Cameroon The Divisions of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. They are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban communities (Douala and Ya ... References Departments of Cameroon Adamawa Region {{Cameroon-geo-stub ...
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Tibati
Tibati (Fula: Tibati 𞤼𞤭𞤦𞤢𞤼𞤭) is a town and commune in the Adamawa Region, Cameroon. The town and region are ruled by a local monarch, the Lamido. History The Vute and Mboum people are the native inhabitants of the Tibati area. The town of Tibati was founded in the 1820s by Hamman Sambo, a flag-bearer of Modibo Adama, in turn a vassal of Muhammad Bello, leader of the Sokoto Caliphate. His group of Fulani immigrants intermarried with local communities, built institutions integrating local traditions with Fulbe ones, and waged jihad against those who refused to convert to Islam. At the southernmost point of the Adamawa Emirate, Tibati was a center of slave raiding and perhaps the most powerful Lamidate in the region. Sambo attempted for years to set up Tibati as a direct vassal of Sokoto rather than reporting to Adama. In 1841, after Abu Bakr Atiku succeeded to the sultanate, he finally succeeded. The next year, however, Atiku died and his successor Ali Babba b ...
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Ngaoundal
Ngaoundal is a town in the Adamawa Province of Cameroon. It is located at 6° 30" North, 13° 16" East. The town is home to a regional airport. Bauxite is mined nearby. Transport The town is served by the Cameroon Railway which is crossed by a paved highway. See also *Communes of Cameroon The Divisions of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. They are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban communities (Douala and Ya ... References * Neba, Aaron, Ph.D. (1999) ''Modern Geography of the Republic of Cameroon,'' 3rd ed. Bamenda: Neba Publishers. *Ngaoundal. Tageo.com. Accessed 23 May 2006. Populated places in Adamawa Region {{Cameroon-geo-stub ...
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Mbe, Cameroon
Mbe is a town and commune in Cameroon.Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua', ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, 133 p. Notable people Emmanuel Abbo, Bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ngaoundéré See also *Communes of Cameroon The Divisions of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. They are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban communities (Douala and Ya ... References Populated places in Adamawa Region Communes of Cameroon {{Cameroon-geo-stub ...
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Ngaoundéré
Ngaoundéré or N'Gaoundéré (Fula: N'gamdere, , 𞤲'𞤺𞤢𞤥𞤣𞤫𞥅𞤪𞤫𞥅) 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. The city lies at the northern end of Rail transport in Cameroon, the railway to Yaoundé and is also home to Ngaoundéré Airport. Attractions in the city include the Lamido Palace and the Lamido Grand Mosque. The town is named after a nearby mountain on its Ngaoundere Plateau, eponymous plateau; the mountain's name is the Mbum language, Mbum word for "belly button, navel mountain". "Ngaou" mean mountain in Mbum language, Mbum, and "Ndare" mean navel in Mbum language, Mbum language. Because of this some peo ...
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