Yaoundé (; , ) is the

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city 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 ...

. It has a population of more than 2.8 million which makes it the second-largest city in the country after the port city

Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was home to Central Africa's largest port, now being replaced by Kribi port. It has the country ...

. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,500 ft) above

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. The outpost of Epsumb or Jeundo was founded between the Nyong and Sanaga

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at the northern edge of the area's forests in 1887 by German explorers as a trading base for rubber and ivory. A military garrison was built in 1895 which enabled further colonization. After Imperial Germany's defeat in

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held eastern Cameroon as a

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, and Yaoundé was chosen to become the capital of the colony in 1922.

remained the more important settlement, but Yaoundé saw rapid growth and continued as the seat of government for the

Republic 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 ...

upon its independence in 1960. Most of Yaoundé's economy is still centred on the administrative structure but major industries in Yaoundé include

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products, beer,

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goods and

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. The city has many striking monuments and buildings, such as the Presidential Palace and Palais des Congrès.

History

The earliest inhabitants of Cameroon were likely the Bakas (pygmies). They still inhabit the forests of the south and east regions. Bantu speakers originating in the Cameroonian highlands were among the first groups to move out before other invaders. During the late 1770s and early 1800s, the

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—a pastoral Islamic people of the western Sahel—conquered most of what is now northern Cameroon, subjugating or displacing its largely non-Muslim inhabitants. The outpost of Epsumb or Jeundo was founded between the Nyong and Sanaga

at the northern edge of the area's forests in 1887, 1888,Johnson–Hans, Jennifer
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explorers Lt. Richard Kund and

Hans Tappenbeck Hans Tappenbeck (born 14 January 1861, Wolsier (today part of Havelaue), Western Havelland, Kingdom of Prussia; died 26 July 1889 in Douala, Cameroon) was a German officer and explorer of Africa. Life Tappenbeck was born as son of a ''Domänen ...

by the agreement of the chiefs of Ela Esono. From December 1889 to May 1895, it was occupied by the

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Georg August Zenker Georg August Zenker (11 June 1855 in Leipzig – 6 February 1922 in Bipindi) was a German gardener and naturalist. He worked as a gardener at the botanical gardens in Leipzig and Naples, and in 1886, on behalf of the Italian government, traveled as ...

as an agricultural research station named Jaunde after the local Yaunde or Ewondo people. His settlement served as a base for the area's

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and

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, purchasing these from the natives in exchange for imported

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and

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. It was also known in English as Yaunde Station. Major Dominik's establishment of a military garrison at the site in 1895 permitted a Pallotine mission and religious school at nearby Mvolyé (now a suburb). During

, Jaunde was occupied by Belgian troops from the Congo. After Imperial Germany's defeat in that war,

held eastern Cameroon as a

of the

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and Yaoundé was chosen to become the capital of the colony in 1922.Britannica
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long remained the more important settlement, but Yaoundé saw rapid growth after 1957 due to the cocoa crisis and unrest along the coast. It continued as the seat of government for the

upon its independence.

Economy

Most of Yaoundé's economy is centred on the administrative structure of the civil service and the diplomatic services. Owing to these high-profile central structures, Yaoundé has a higher

standard of living Standard of living is the level of income, comforts and services available to an individual, community or society. A contributing factor to an individual's quality of life, standard of living is generally concerned with objective metrics outsid ...

and security than the rest of Cameroon. Major industries in Yaoundé include

products, beer,

goods and

. It is also a regional distribution centre for

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, cocoa,

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sugar cane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

and

. Local residents engage in urban agriculture. The city is estimated to have "50,000 pigs and over a million chickens." In 2010, under Mayor Jean Claude Adjessa Melingui, Yaoundé began a flood reduction project, the Yaoundé City Sanitation Master Plan, to deal with "severe floods

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disrupted the city 15 to 20 times a year, affecting as many as 100,000 people at a time." After four years, the frequency of flooding had been reduced from fifteen to three times a year, and cases of water-borne diseases such as

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and

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were reduced by almost half. Although Melingui died in 2013, local officials are continuing his efforts to transform the city. Ongoing improvements to sanitation infrastructure are being carried out under a "$152 million plan, largely financed by loans, primarily from the

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and the

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", slated for completion in 2017. Despite the security issues and humanitarian crises that have plagued the central African nation, its economy remains stable. In fact, there is diversification of its productive economic activities, with the services sector contributing about half of the total domestic production. However, like many African countries, Cameroon has long suffered from corruption, which dominates almost all the sectors, particularly in the capital city. Oil, gas and mining revenues are rarely reported, which implies massive graft. In addition, there is weak protection of real and intellectual property, and the judicial system is vulnerable to political manipulation. According to Yaoundé City Council data, over 130 floods struck the city between 1980 and 2014, causing massive loss of life and economic damage. However, there has been a reduction of flooding in the city since the establishment of a sanitation master plan to address the issue. Another measure was to relocate people living along the drainage routes and in low-lying flood zones.

Architecture

The city centre houses government offices, some hotels, and the central market. The Bastos district, with most homes owned by Cameroonians, is home to foreign embassies and the expatriate European, American and other continental communities (drawn mainly from the diplomatic corps). The presidential palace and compound are in the Etoudi district. Also found in Yaoundé are: * the Reunification Monument * the Sport Palace (''Palais des Sports'') * Palais des Congrès There is a small zoo in the Mvog-Betsi neighbourhood. Yaoundé has a small assortment of Pubs, nightclubs and restaurants. A distance outside Yaoundé is the NGO

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, which rescues and rehabilitates Great Apes threatened with extinction by the illegal bushmeat and deforestation trades. File:Cameroon-Yaounde01.jpg, A roundabout near the Place du 20 Mai File:Yaounde buses.JPG, Buses in Yaoundé File:Monument de la Réunification 02.jpg, Reunification Monument and Statue File:YaoundeUnityPalace.png, Yaoundé Unity Palace – Cameroon Presidency File:YaoundeNationalMuseum.png, Cameroon National Museum File:Yaoundé Sports Palace 2014 (05).JPG, Yaoundé Sport Palace File:Yaoundé Palais des Congrès.jpg, Palais des Congrès File:Ministry of Finance (MinFin), Yaoundé (2014).JPG, The Ministry of Finance File:Marché central - Central market (interior) in Yaoundé.JPG, The Central Market File:Cameroon-Yaounde04.jpg, Mfoundi market File:Centre Province Yaoundé 002.JPG, A view of a Yaoundé suburb File:Independence square cameroon.jpg, Independence square Cameroon

Culture

* the Cameroon Art Museum (located in a former

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) * the Cameroon National Museum (located in the former presidential palace) * the Blackitude Museum * the Afhemi Museum * The Yaoundé Municipal Lake * The Mvog-Betsi Zoo-Botanic Park * The Congress Centre in Tsinga

Places of worship

The

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in the city are predominantly

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churches: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé (

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), Christian Missionary Fellowship International and Associated Churches (Pentecostal),

Evangelical Church of Cameroon The Eglise Evangelique Du Cameroun EEC (Evangelical Church of Cameroon) was born out of the European missionaries, the Paris Mission, Basel Mission and English Baptist Mission. After 1917 the Basel Mission handed over the majority of its mission s ...

(

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Presbyterian Church in Cameroon The Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) is a Calvinism, Reformed and Presbyterianism, Presbyterian denomination in Cameroon. It is the largest English-speaking church in the country and the largest Reformed one, a member of the World Communion of ...

(

), Union of Baptist Churches in Cameroon (

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), Full Gospel Mission Cameroon (

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). There are also

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mosques.

Climate

Yaoundé features a

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( Aw), and it is thermally equatorial rather than tropical, with a narrow range of monthly temperatures throughout the year. However, primarily due to the altitude, temperatures are not quite as hot as one would expect for a city located near the equator. Yaoundé features a lengthy

wet season The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. Generally, the season lasts at least one month. The term ''green season'' is also sometimes used a ...

, covering a ten-month span between March and November. However, there is a noticeable decrease in precipitation within the wet season, seen during the month of July, almost giving the city the appearance of having two separate rainy seasons; this is because the city is only slightly north of the equator. It is primarily due to the relative lull in precipitation during this month that Yaoundé features a tropical wet and dry climate, as opposed to a

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Transport

Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Yaoundé: * Tripoli-Cape Town Highway Schild TAH3

* Lagos-Mombasa Highway Schild TAH8

Many bus companies operate from the city; particularly in the Nsam and Mvan districts. Frequent buses run on the road between Yaoundé and Douala, which has witnessed several fatal accidents. Travel time by road between Douala and Yaounde is approximately 3 hours. Traffic in the city can be heavy during weekdays, but is very light during the weekends. Yaoundé has made significant progress in infrastructure, especially road construction.

Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport () is the second busiest and largest public airport in Cameroon. The airport is located 27 km (16 miles) south of the capital, Yaoundé, near Nsimalen in Cameroon's Centre Region. History Starting o ...

is a major civilian hub, while nearby Yaoundé Airport is used by the military. Train lines run west to the port city of

and north to N'Gaoundéré.

Education

Cameroon is a bilingual country, where English and French are both official languages; therefore in the city there is a coexistence of French educational system schools, where the degree giving access to university is the Baccalaureate, and all the education is in French, and the English educational system schools, where the degree giving access to university is the GCE

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. There are three American schools in Cameroon, the American School of Yaounde (ASOY) and Rain Forest International School (RFIS), and the American School of Douala (ASD). There is also one Turkish School, The Amity College/School. Yaoundé is the site of several universities: the University of Yaoundé II (on a campus outside of town), the Protestant University of Central Africa (UPAC) and the

Catholic University of Central Africa The Catholic University of Central Africa (Université Catholique de l'Afrique Centrale) (CUAC or UCAC) is a private Roman Catholic university in Yaoundé, Cameroon. History CUAC was founded in 1989 by the Association of the Episcopal Conference ...

(UCAC). Several of the nation's professional schools are also located in Yaounde (Higher Teacher's training college, École Militaire InterArmes du Cameroun) as well as various schools for Engineers (Polytech), Doctors (CUSS), Nurses and Diplomats.

Healthcare

The largest hospital is the

Central Hospital of Yaoundé The Central Hospital of Yaoundé (In French, Hôpital Central de Yaoundé - HCY) is a hospital in the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon founded in 1933. It is Cameroon's largest hospital. Simon Pierre Tchoungui (1916-1997), the former prime minister of E ...

(''Hôpital Central de Yaoundé'') with 650 beds. Yaoundé General Hospital (''Hôpital Général de Yaoundé'' – HGY) had 302 beds when it was built in 1985. Other hospitals are the

Yaoundé Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital The Yaoundé Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital (French Hôpital gynéco-obstétrique et pédiatrique de Yaoundé - HGOPY) is a hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon that specializes in caring for women and children. The hospital was built w ...

(''Hôpital Gynéco-Obstétrique et Pédiatrique de Yaoundé'' – HGOPY) and the

University Hospital Center of Yaoundé The University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde (French: Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Yaoundé - CHU) is one of the main hospitals in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It was founded by a Presidential decree on 28 October 1965. It has the goal of trainin ...

(''Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Yaoundé'' – CHU).

Sports

The national

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team plays some of its home matches in the

Ahmadou Ahidjo Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo (24 August 192430 November 1989) was a Cameroonian politician who was the first president of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982. He was previously the first Prime Minister of Cameroon, Prime Minister from the country's indepe ...

stadium and the football clubs

Canon Yaoundé Canon Sportif de Yaoundé, commonly known as Canon Yaoundé, is a Cameroonian professional football club based in the capital city of Yaoundé. The club was formed in 1930 and play their games at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo. Their most successful perio ...

Impôts FC Impôts FC is a Cameroonian football (soccer), football club based in Yaoundé. They are a member of the Cameroonian Football Federation. They won the 2005 ''Coupe de Cameroun'', winning unexpectedly from the second division, with a 1-0 win over U ...

and

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are all based in the city. The

Grand Prix Chantal Biya Grand Prix Chantal Biya is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Cameroon and sponsored by the Fédération Camerounaise de Cyclisme/Ateba Koungou. The race is named in honor of Chantal Biya, the First Lady of Cameroon as wife o ...

, a men's

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event on the

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, starts and finishes in Yaoundé. Yaoundé is also the base for the National Institute of Youth and Sport ( INJS); this school trains government workers who will be in charge of sport all across the country during their career.

Joel Embiid Joel Hans Embiid ( ; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks men's ...

, center for the

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, and

Luc Mbah a Moute Luc Richard Mbah a Moute ( ; born 9 September 1986) is a Cameroonian former professional basketball player. Mbah a Moute also played for the Cameroon national team. Mbah a Moute is currently a player agent for Creative Artists Agency (CAA). ...

, who was a forward for the

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are from Yaoundé, as are Samuel Umtiti, a footballer for the national team of France and

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, a footballer for

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and

Vincent Aboubakar Vincent Paté Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for Süper Lig club Hatayspor and captains the Cameroon national team. Aboubakar began his career at Coton Sport a ...

, a footballer for

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Notable people

* Pierre Hervé Ateme Elanga, Cameroonian former professional footballer * Jean-Pierre Bekolo, born in Yaoundé, film director * Jeanne-Louise Djanga, poet, novelist and choreographer * Arnold Ebiketie,

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for the

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, Professional basketball player,

, Swiss professional footballer * Jeando Fuchs, born in Yaoundé professional footballer for English club

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. *

, Professional basketball player, NBA * Charles Minlend, professional basketball player, 2003

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Francis Ngannou Francis Zavier Ngannou (born 5 September 1986) is a Cameroonian and French professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer who currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the Professional Fighters League (PFL), where he is the in ...

UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. The larg ...

Heavyweight Champion * Achille Njanke, Cameroonian footballer * Ngando Pickett, Cameroonian football fan *

Youssoufa Moukoko Youssoufa Moukoko (born 20 November 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Nice, on loan from Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. Born in Cameroon, he has played for the Germany national team. Club career Early ca ...

, German Professional footballer * Balep Ba Ndoumbouk, Cameroonian born Armenian footballer * Samuel Umtiti, French Professional footballer

References

Bibliography

External links

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