Gadjiwan (also Gayivao, Gājiwáu, Gayivayo, Gayioau, Gajiwau, Gadjwan Gadjiwa) is a village in the
commune of
Mayo-Baléo in the
Adamawa Region
The Adamawa Region () is a constituent region of the Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon. It borders the Centre Region (Cameroon), Centre and East Region (Cameroon), East regions to the south, the Northwest Region (Cameroon), Northwest and West Re ...
of
Cameroon
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, near the .
Population
In 1971, Gadjiwan contained 394 inhabitants, mainly
Kutin.
''Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua''
ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p. 25
At the time of the 2005 census, there were 1681 people in the village of Gadjiwan and 3571 in the canton.
References
Bibliography
* Jean Boutrais (ed.), ''Peuples et cultures de l'Adamaoua (Cameroun) : Actes du colloque de Ngaoundéré, du 14 au 16 janvier 1992'', ORSTOM, Paris ; Ngaoundéré-Anthropos, 1993, 316 p.
''Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua''
ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, 133 p.
External links
Mayo-Baléo
on the website ''Communes et villes unies du Cameroun'' (CVUC)
Centre de santé intégré de Gadjiwan
{{Portal, Cameroon
Populated places in Adamawa Region