Bafia
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 45 ' N , 11 ° 14' E | ||
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| Country | Cameroon | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | CM-CE | ||
| height | 467 m | ||
| Residents | 69,270 (2005) | ||
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Bafia is a city in Cameroon ( Center region , Mbam-et-Inoubou department ). It is the third largest city in the province after Yaoundé and Mbalmayo .
The city is located at an altitude of 467 m, around 130 km north of Yaoundé. In 2005, 69,270 inhabitants lived in the city (1987: 30,594), mostly members of the ethnic group of the same name and members of the Yambassa . In 1968 the Diocese of Bafia was founded. In addition, the proportions of the Christian, Islamic and animist populations are roughly the same. The city has an airfield and is located on the Yaoundé to Bafoussam road . Despite its relative size, Bafia is still dominated by agriculture and there is a lack of industrial settlements.
history
As relevant finds show, the area has been inhabited since prehistoric times. In 1884 the settlement area of Bafia with Cameroon came under German colonial rule. The military submission and integration into the German administrative structures did not take place until March 1911 through the "Bafia Expedition" and the establishment of the independent military post of the same name on Don i tison . Its main task was to disarm the population. In September 1912 it was repealed. The German military post is located several kilometers southwest of today's city of Bafia.
In 1920 the Bafia area became French. It was only under French administration that today's city emerged as an administrative center. It has been part of the independent Republic of Cameroon since 1960, but in 1976 it had fewer than 20,000 inhabitants.
sons and daughters of the town
- Amina Gerba (* 1961), Canadian-Cameroonian entrepreneur
- José-Alex Ikeng (* 1988), German-Cameroonian football player
Web links
- Bafia at cvuc.cm