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Messaména
Messamena (also spelled Messaména) is a town and Communes of Cameroon, commune in Cameroon. Location The town of Messamena is the capital of the ''arrondissement'' (commune) of the same name. They are located in the Haut-Nyong, Haut-Nyong Department, East Region (Cameroon), East Region.Messamena , ''Communes et villes unies du Cameroun'' (2014) [based on Plan Communal de Developpement ' (Yaoundé: Centre de Reflexion et d'Action pour le Developpement Local, July 2012), pp. 15-25). The commune is bounded to the north by the commune of Atok, Cameroon, Atok (Maka-bebend), to the south by Somalomo, to the east b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somalomo
Somalomo is a town and Communes of Cameroon, commune in Cameroon. On October 5, 1992 President Biya of Cameroon signed the decree No. 92/206 officially creating 47 new administrative subdivisions and districts units in the country, consequently setting up new urban centres at the head towns of newly created District units. Somalomo, in the Eastern province then, Upper Nyong Division and Messaména Subdivision, was among these new administrative units and towns. From its 100 inhabitants at that time, Somalomo has now grown to more than 1000 people. It hosts a Sous-Prefecture, a police station (gendarmerie), an Education Office, a secondary school, a health centre, Wildlife Protection and Revenue Collection offices. Although official administrative buildings and housing for civil servants have not yet been completed, this new administrative unit offers and provides basic public services to at least 10,000 people. Before the Germans However, the history of that then sleepy and dus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badjoué
The Badwe'e (also ''Bajwe'e''; French ''Badjoué'') are an ethnic group inhabiting the rain forest zone of southeastern Cameroon. They recognize themselves as the descendants of Edwe'e, the youngest son of Koo and the brother of Njeme and Nzime. The Badwe'e live south of Messaména in the East Province in a region south of the Bekol and both north and west of the Nzime. Their territory includes much of the northern and western border of the Dja Biosphere Reserve. They speak a dialect of Koozime, together with the Nzime. History The ancestors of the Badwe'e lived in the Congo River basin or the present territory of Chad before moving into the present territory of Cameroon between the 14th and 17th centuries. Along with the other speakers of Makaa–Njyem languages, they lived along the northern Lom River near the present-day border between the Adamawa and East provinces. Under pressure from migrating Beti-Pahuin groups (themselves fleeing the Vute and Mbum), the Makaa–N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Region (Cameroon)
The East Region () occupies the southeastern portion of the Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon. It is bordered to the east by the Central African Republic, to the south by Republic of the Congo, Congo, to the north by the Adamawa Region, and to the west by the Centre Region (Cameroon), Centre and South Region (Cameroon), South Regions. With 109,002 km2 of territory, it is the largest region in the nation as well as the most sparsely populated. Historically, the peoples of the East have been settled in Cameroonian territory for longer than any other of the country's many ethnic groups, the first inhabitants being the Baka (nomadic Central African people), Baka (or Babinga) pygmy, pygmies. The East Region has very little Industrial sector, industry, its main commerce consisting of logging, timber, and mining. Instead, the bulk of its inhabitants are subsistence farming, subsistence farmers. The region is thus of little political import and is often ignored by Cameroonian politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of Cameroon
The Divisions of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. They are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban communities (Douala and Yaoundé) divided into 11 urban districts (5 in Douala and 6 in Yaounde), 9 towns with special status (Nkongsamba, Bafoussam, Bamenda, Limbe, Cameroon, Limbe, Edéa, Ebolowa, Garoua, Maroua and Kumba), 11 urban communes and 305 rural communes. The councils are headed by mayors and municipal councillors who are elected. The councils have a responsibility in principle for the management of local affairs under the supervision of the State. Under Cameroonian law, the councils provide and regulate administrative, economic and social development, define and enforce work practices to increase efficiency and improve the quality of services, promote training and retraining of municipal staff. The ballot for the election of municipal elections is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djansang
''Ricinodendron'' is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864. It includes only one known species, ''Ricinodendron heudelotii'', native to tropical Africa from Senegal + Liberia east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola. It produces an economically important oilseed. The tree is known as munguella (Angola), njangsa (Cameroon), bofeko (Democratic Republic of Congo), wama (Ghana), okhuen (Nigeria), kishongo (Uganda), akpi (Ivory Coast), djansang, ọrùnmọdò (Yorubaland), essang, ezezang and njasang. Two varieties of the tree species are recognized ''R. heudelotii'' var. ''heudelotii'' in Ghana and ''R. heudelotii'' var. ''africanum'' in Nigeria and westwards. Taxonomy The mongongo fruit ('' Schinziophyton rautanenii'') was previously considered a member of this genus but has since been placed into a genus of its own. ;Subspecies and varieties # ''Ricinodendron heudelotii'' subsp. ''africanum'' ( Müll.Arg.) J.Léonard - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chromolaena Odorata
''Chromolaena odorata'' is also known as Jack in the Bush. It is a tropical and subtropical species of Flowering plant, flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Americas, from Florida and Texas in the United States south through Mexico and the Caribbean to South America. It has been Introduced species, introduced to tropical Asia, West Africa, and parts of Australia. Common names include Siam weed, rouge plant, Christmas bush, jack in the box, devil weed, common floss flower, hagunoy (Cebuano language), rompe saragüey (Spanish language, Spanish), Abani di egwu or Nsiibilibe (Igbo language), ewé Akíntọ́lá (Yoruba language, Yorùbá) and triffid.Lalith Gunasekera, ''Invasive Plants: A guide to the identification of the most invasive plants of Sri Lanka'', Colombo 2009, p. 116–117. Description ''Chromolaena odorata'' is a rapidly growing perennial herb. It is a multi-stemmed shrub which grows up to 2.5 m (100 inches) tall in open areas. It has s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridelia Ferruginea
''Bridelia'' is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806.Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1806. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4(2): 978-979 in Latin It is widespread across Africa, Australia, southern Asia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. /ref> ''Bridelia'' species are used as food plants by the |
Annona Senegalensis
''Annona senegalensis'', commonly known as African custard-apple, wild custard apple, wild soursop, abo ibobo (Yoruba language), (Mandinka language), and (Wolof language) is a species of flowering plant in the custard apple family, Annonaceae. The specific epithet, ''senegalensis'', translates to mean "of Senegal", the country where the type specimen was collected. A traditional food plant in Africa, the fruits of ''A. senegalensis'' have the potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable land care. Well known where it grows naturally, it is largely unheard of elsewhere. Description ''Annona senegalensis'' takes the form of either a shrub or small tree, growing between two and six meters tall. Occasionally, it may become as tall as 11 m. *It has bark of smooth or coarse texture, that can be a gray-silver or gray-brown. It is leaf-scarred, with nearly round flaking, showing lighter-hued spaces of under bark. *Branches have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyong River
The Nyong (formerly ) is a river in Cameroon. The river flows approximately to empty into the Gulf of Guinea. Course The Nyong originates east of the town of Abong-Mbang, where the northern rain forest feeds it. The river's length is almost parallel to the lower reaches of the Sanaga River. Its mouth is in Petit Batanga, south-southwest of Edéa. In two places, Mbalmayo and Déhané, the river has huge rapids. The first of the river, between Abong-Mbang and Mbalmayo, are navigable for small boats from April to November. Hydrology The flow of the river as measured at Déhané in m³/s: Transport The town of Mbalmayo, which has a railhead {{Short pages monitor [Baidu] |
Bras Fleuve Nyong
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Bulu People
The Beti-Pahuin are a Bantu ethnic group located in Center region of Cameroon. Though they separate themselves into several individual clans, they all share a common origin, history and culture. Estimated to be well over 8 million individuals in the early 21st century, they form the largest ethnic group in central Cameroon and its capital city of Yaounde. Their Beti languages are mutually intelligible. Group distinctions The Beti-Pahuin are made up of over 20 individual clans. Altogether, they inhabit a territory of forests and rolling hills that stretches from the Sanaga River in the north to Equatorial Guinea and the northern halves of Gabon to Congo to the south, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the west to the Dja River in the east. Beti The first grouping, called the Beti, consists of the (more precisely Kolo), , Fang (more precisely M'fang), Mbida-Mbane, Mvog-Nyenge, Bran (more precisely Brang or Brong) and Eton (or Iton). The Eton are further subdivided into the Eton-B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hausa People
The Hausa (Endonym, autonyms for singular: Bahaushe (male, m), Bahaushiya (female, f); plural: Hausawa and general: Hausa; exonyms: Ausa; Ajami script, Ajami: ) are a native ethnic group in West Africa. They speak the Hausa language, which is the second most spoken language after Arabic in the Afro-Asiatic languages, Afro-Asiatic language family. The Hausa are a culturally homogeneous people based primarily in the Sahelian and the sparse savanna areas of southern Niger and northern Nigeria respectively, numbering around 86 million people, with significant populations in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Chad, the Central African Republic, Togo, and Ghana, as well as smaller populations in Sudan, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Senegal, and Gambia. Predominantly Hausa-speaking communities are scattered throughout West Africa and on the traditional Hajj route north and east traversing the Sahara, with an especially large population in and around the town of Agadez. Other Hausa have al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
