Lomié is a town in the
Lomié District in the
Upper Nyong division of the
East Province of
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
. An article in the ''Mail & Guardian Online'' describes it as having "no telephone connection to the outside world, and a single access road that is little more than a forest trail".
In fact Lomié has been connected to the cellular phone network since 2006 and the town has had several 'boom' periods. While previous employment came from the logging industry currently the town is near an important cobalt and zinc mining project. The GEOVIC mining company uses Lomié as a base.
Lomié has a number of interesting historical buildings, dating from the German and French era. Among these building are the house of the senior civil administrator, a jail, a courthouse and a post-office. The town used to be center of the Upper Nyong Division until it was replaced by
Abong-Mbang.
Roads from Lomié lead north to Abong-Mbang via
Mindourou, east to
Messok and
Yokadouma and south to
Ngoila.
Lomié is situated in the immediate periphery of the Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon's only UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town attracts occasional tourism because of the reserve. A number of small guesthouses and small hotels exist.
See also
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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 Ya ...
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Baka (nomadic Central African people)
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Nzime
The Nzime are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting the rain forest zone of southeastern Cameroon. The Nzime live along the road running south of Abong-Mbang, through Mindourou and Lomié, and forking to Zoulabot and Zwadiba. Their territory lies ...
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Dja Biosphere Reserve
External links
* ''Mail & Guardian Online'' article
For Cameroon's pygmies, no forest is impenetrable enough
Populated places in East Region (Cameroon)
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