Daré is a village in the
commune of
Djohong
Djohong is a town and commune in Cameroon.
The village of Djohong dates back to colonial times. Originally it was located in the valley just NE of current Djohong and was named "Dzong."
Population
Gbaya and Fulbe are the dominant ethnicities ...
in the
Adamawa Region
The Adamawa Region (french: Région 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 ...
of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
, near the border with the
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...
Population
In 1967, Daré contained 247 inhabitants, mainly
Gbaya people''Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua''
ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p. 15
At the time of the 2005 census, there were 803 people in the village.
References
Bibliography
* Jean Boutrais, 1993,
Peuples et cultures de l'Adamaoua (Cameroun) : actes du colloque de Ngaoundéré du 14 au 16 janvier 1992
', Paris : Éd. de l'ORSTOM u.a.
''Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua''
ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, 133 p.
External links
Djohong
on the website ''Communes et villes unies du Cameroun'' (CVUC)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Daré
Populated places in Adamawa Region