Ambam is a town and commune in South Province of

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on the border with

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and

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. This frontier town is located approximately 220 km from

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and as of 2005 had a population of 1,596. Traditionally, it has traded with its neighbouring countries across the border. The

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are the main ethnic group.

History

This town was once occupied by the Germans under the nation of

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. The Germans built several administrative buildings in Ambam as it was of strategic importance. On 14 December 2000, the building proposal of a new road connecting Ambam to Eking on the Gabonese border was passed and signed on 2 February 2001. The building of the 27 kilometre road was funded by African Development Foundation (ADF) and the Government of Cameroon and was intended to improve socio-economic infrastructure and to improve the institutional capacities of the Ministries of Public Works (MINTP), Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF), and Environment and Protection of Nature (MINEP). In June 2009, a workshop funded by the

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and the

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(CEMAC) met in Ambam to discuss the future of the plaintain and the banana industry in the region. In January 2010, the mayor of Ambam,

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, was arrested and charged in Ebolowa for the embezzlement of 20 million CFA Francs of communal funds from the town hall.

Settlements

Meyo-Centre

Meyo-Centre is a village located in the rural commune of Ambam and whose clan is mainly Essambira. It is a crossroads village between Ambam and

Ebolowa Ebolowa is the capital of Cameroon's South Region (Cameroon), South Region. It has a population of 79,500 (2001 estimate). It is a colonial town and a notable agricultural centre. Overview The main crop is Cocoa bean, cocoa. It also hosts an ...

(capital of the southern province) and is located northwest of the town of Ambam. The N2 highway connects these two towns also from the main town of Ambam. It consists of neighbourhoods, N'nam Okuin, Be Ndang, Efono, Mone N'nam Okuin, Onayong, Bikuan Ete Summer Mengomo and is limited by the northwest Ekoum Doum, Mfenadoum south. There is a high school, a pharmacy, a clinic, an SAR, a primary school, Post Office and Telecommunications, and a shopping centre.

Other

Other settlements of note in the commune of Ambam include Ntem, Adjap, Aban-Minkoo and Mendjimi. Ambam has a bus station and is also connected by taxi to the small town of Aban-Minkoo and by road to

Ebebiyin Ebibeyin is a town in the northeastern corner of mainland Equatorial Guinea. It is the capital of the province of Kié-Ntem. It lies very close to the Equatorial Guinea-Gabon-Cameroon tripoint. It is the end point of three main transport routes c ...

on the border with Gabon.

References

{{Communes of South Region, Cameroon Populated places in South Region (Cameroon) Communes of Cameroon Cameroon–Equatorial Guinea border crossings

History

Settlements

Meyo-Centre

Other

See also

References