Moloundou is an ''arrondissement'' (district) in the Boumba-et-Ngoko Division of southeastern

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's East Province. Mouloundou is close to Boumba Bek and Nki National Parks on the

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. It has a mayor and several decentralised administrative services.

History

In the 1890s, Moloundou was "one of the richest rubber areas of Africa" and Germans established a rubber making plant here.

Geography and climate

Mouloundou is situated roughly 280 km from the Cameroonian

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border town of Yokadouma. It is close to Boumba Bek and Nki National Parks on the

. The town has a

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with temperature ranging from 23.1–25˚C with an average annual temperature of 24˚C. Its relative humidity varies between 60 and 90% while annual rainfall is 1500mm per year. According to the Cameroon Ministry of Agriculture, Moloundou has a rainy season from September to November, a dry season from November to March, a rainy season from March to June, and a dry season from July to August.

Demographics

The area around Mouloundou, as defined by the

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, has a population of 22,882 people, mostly ethnic

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and, despite being named a minority in Cameroon's constitution of 18 January 1996,

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Pygmies. These include the Djem, Bangando, Bakwele and Zime tribes. Non-indigenous employees of logging companies and traders make up a sizeable amount of the population. The population density of the region is about five people per km², concentrated along the main Yokadouma-Moloundou road. The villages near Mouloundou are mostly homogeneous as there are few non-natives, mostly working as civil servants or traders.

References

{{Communes of East Region, Cameroon Populated places in East Region (Cameroon)