Etoko, Cameroon
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Etuko (or Etuku) is a village in
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 ...
located in the Department of Manyu in the Southwest Region. It is administratively attached to the district of
Upper Bayang Upper Bayang (sometimes Banyang) is a district of Cameroon located in the Manyu department and the South West region. The district seat is located at Tinto (Tinto Council). Home to the Banyangi people. At the 2005 census, Upper Bayang had a pop ...
(Tinto Council) and to the canton of
Bachuo Akagbe Bachu Akagbe is a village in Cameroon located in the department of Manyu and the South West Region. It is part of Upper Bayang Upper Bayang (sometimes Banyang) is a district of Cameroon located in the Manyu department and the South West region. ...
. The village is located from
Mamfe Mamfe or Mamfé is a city in and the capital of Manyu, a division of the Southwest Region in Cameroon. It is from the border of Nigeria, on the Manyu River. It has a population of 36,500 (2017 estimate). It is known as a centre for traditiona ...
and from
Bamenda Bamenda, also known as Abakwa and Mankon Town, is a city in northwestern Cameroon and capital of the Northwest Region. The city has a population of about 2 million people and is located north-west of the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé. Bamenda is ...
.


Demographics

The locality had 414 inhabitants in 1953, then 578 in 1967. At that date it had a market, a cooperative (CPMS), a Catholic school founded in 1959.
Dictionnaire des villages de la Manyu
', Centre ORSTOM de Yaoundé, 1973, page 40.
During the 2005 census, there were 656 people. The local ethnicity is .


See also

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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 comm ...


References

Populated places in Southwest Region (Cameroon) {{Cameroon-geo-stub