Boumnyébel is a community in
Cameroon about along the road from
Yaoundé to
Douala.
The village is on the road from
Edéa
Edéa is a city located along the Sanaga River in Cameroon's Littoral Region. It lies on the Douala–Yaoundé railway line. Its population was estimated at 122,300 in 2001. There are bauxite facilities, aluminium processing facility, stee ...
to Yaoundé, at the junction with the road from
Bafia
Bafia () is a Cameroonian town and commune in the Centre Province region. It is the capital of the Mbam-et-Inoubou department. It lies north of the country's capital Yaoundé. Bafia has approximately 55,700 inhabitants, making it the third ...
.
The
Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (''Union des Populations du Cameroun'' - UPC) leader
Ruben Um Nyobé was born in the small village of Song Mpek to the south of Boumnyébel, then in the subdivision of
Eséka in the
Sanaga-Maritime
Sanaga-Maritime is a department of Littoral Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 9,311 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 167,661. The capital of the department lies at Édéa.
Subdivisions
The department is div ...
department.
After the UPC was made illegal on 13 July 1955 by the French government, Ruben Um Nyobé became a guerrilla in the forests near Boumnyébel.
In 1956, Prime Minister
André-Marie Mbida visited Boumnyébel, and delivered a famous ultimatum to the rebels.
Ahmadou Ahidjo
Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo (24 August 192430 November 1989) was a Cameroonian politician who was the first List of Presidents of Cameroon, President of Cameroon, holding the office from 1960 until 1982. Ahidjo played a major role in Cameroon's inde ...
, then Minister of the Interior, made a secret visit for the same purpose in 1958.
Um Nyobé was killed by the French army on 13 September 1958 and his body was displayed in front of the office of public works in Boumnyébel.
On 22 February 2011 a bus driver tried to pass a vehicle that was passing a transporter on a blind turn and collided head on with a logging truck travelling at high speed just outside Boumnyébel. First estimates were that twenty-seven people died. Victims were taken to the
Ngog-Mapubi
Ngog-Mapubi is a town and commune in Cameroon.
See also
* Communes of Cameroon
* Tayap (village)
References
Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002
Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camero ...
,
Pouma
Pouma is a town and commune in Cameroon.
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 ...
and
Eséka district hospitals and to the Centre
Jamot Hospital and the
Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital in
Yaoundé.
In June 2011 a radar trap had been set up at Maholè, from Boumnyébel, and was catching vehicles travelling at almost in a section with a speed limit of .
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Populated places in Littoral Region (Cameroon)