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Banyo (Fula: Banyo 𞤦𞤢𞤲𞤴𞤮) is a town and commune in
Adamawa Province
The Adamawa Region (french: RĂ©gion de l'Adamaoua) is a constituent region of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the Centre and East regions to the south, the Northwest and West regions to the southwest, Nigeria to the west, the Central Afr ...
, Cameroon. It is located at around , and is predominantly Muslim. Though a government prefect
Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area.
A prefect's ...
serves in the town, the lamido
Lamido (Adlam: , pl. Lamibe ) is the Anglicisation of a term from the Fula language or Fulfulde, used to refer to a ruler. In the language it is properly ''laamiiɗo'' (, pl. ''laamiiɓe'' ), derived from the verbal root ''laamu-'' meaning "lead ...
still holds great sway among the population. The current lamido, S.E. Mohaman Gabdo Yahya, has written his own history (2009). The geographer Jean Hurault has published on the demography of the area, and summarized some of the history in his 1955 work (see references below). In the nineteenth century, Banyo separated from Koncha and Tibati (see Adama, H. & T.M. Bah 2001).
History
* Battle of Banjo in November 1915
Climate
Banyo has atropical 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 of p ...
(Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from November to March and moderate to heavy rainfall from April to October.
See also
*Communes of Cameroon
The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions).
As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban commu ...
References
* Adama, H. & T.M. Bah 2001. Un manuscrit Arabe sur l'histoire du royaume Peul de Kontcha dans le Nord-Cameroum: XIXe-XXe siecle. Rabat: Institut des Etudes africaines, Université Mohamed V. * Hurault, Jean M. 1955. Le Lamidat de Banyo. Yaoundé: Unpublished Report. Archives L'IRCAM. * Hurault, Jean M. 1975. Histoire du Lamidat Peul de Banyo. Outre-Mer: Academie Sciences. * Hurault, Jean M. 1983. Fecondité et Mortalité dans L'Agglomeration Urbaine de Banyo (Cameroun). Cah. Orstom ser. Sci. Hum. 19(3): 247–267. * Hurault, Jean M. 1994. Les noms attribués aux non-libres dans le lamidat de Banyo. Journal des africanistes 64(1): 91-107. * Yahya, Mohaman Gabdo 2009. Le Lamidat de Banyo: épreuves d’hier et défis d’aujourd’hui Douala: AFREDIT (africaine d’édition). Communes of Cameroon Populated places in Adamawa Region {{Cameroon-geo-stub