Mile 16, also known as Bolifamba and Bolifamba Mile 16, is a locality in the

Buea Buea is the capital of the Southwest Region (Cameroon), Southwest Region of Cameroon. The city is located in Fako (department), Fako Division, on the eastern slopes of Mount Cameroon, and has a population of about 800.000 inhabitants as of 2 ...

Municipality of the

Fako Mount Cameroon is an active volcano in the Southwest Region of Cameroon next to the city of Buea near the Gulf of Guinea. Mount Cameroon is also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako (the name of the higher of its two peaks) or by its indigenous n ...

Division, South West Region of

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 R ...

. Mile 16 location refers to Highway 8, the first 17 miles of which were tarred in 1952. The

University of Buea University of Buea (UB) is found in Molyko, Buea, in the southwest region of Cameroon. It was founded as a university centre in 1985 and became a full-fledged university in 1992, following a government decree that re-organized state universities ...

is also nearby. Originally a separate village, the area has undergone

urban sprawl Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city". Urban sprawl has been described as the unrestricted ...

in the 2000s, yet supports

peri-urban agriculture Peri-urban regions can be defined as 'superficial' rural areas that are within the orbit of immediate urban hubs, in other words, areas that surround large population centers. These regions can also be referred to as 'exurban areas', 'the rural-ur ...

. In 2003, the population was approximately 7,000 and in 2019 was approximately 8,000.

History

Bolifamba Mile 16 is a

chiefdom A chiefdom is a political organization of people representation (politics), represented or government, governed by a tribal chief, chief. Chiefdoms have been discussed, depending on their scope, as a stateless society, stateless, state (polity) ...

in the

council area. Violence has led to destruction in area during unrest and conflicts stemming from the

Anglophone Crisis The Anglophone Crisis (), also known as the Ambazonia War of Independence, is an List of ongoing armed conflicts, ongoing armed conflict in the English language, English-speaking Northwest Region (Cameroon), Northwest and Southwest Region (Came ...

, and threats

English-speaking The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language. In the early 2000s, between one and two billion people spoke English, making it the largest language ...

population.

Nearby places

* Mile 17 * WDC APARTHOTEL , 5* Luxury Hotel in Cameroon , Buea, South West * Afrique Con Travel Agencies * Lobe Cooperative Credit Union LTD, Buea {{Cite web , last=PHCS , date=2023-09-22 , title=A One Month Industrial Placement At Lobe Cooperative Credit Union , url=https://project-house.net/industrial-placement-at-lobe-cooperative-credit-union/ , access-date=2025-04-24 , website=Project House , language=en-US

References

Buea Populated places in Southwest Region (Cameroon)

History

Nearby places

See also

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