Bamenda
| Bamenda | |||
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| Coordinates | 5 ° 58 ' N , 10 ° 9' E | ||
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| Country | Cameroon | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | CM-NW | ||
| height | 1235 m | ||
| Residents | 350,000 (2012 estimate) | ||
Bamenda is the third largest city in Cameroon with around 350,000 inhabitants (2012 estimate) . It is the capital of the northwest region and at the same time the most important economic and cultural metropolis in the Bamenda highlands of the same name . It is located 366 km northwest of the capital Yaoundé , at the foot of the Bamenda Mountains, which are up to 2,621 meters high .
population
The native population, formerly classified as " Tikar ", speaks Mendankwe-Nkwen as their mother tongue . As a major economic center, Bamenda also attracts numerous people from other parts of Cameroon. The common languages are pidgin English and English. This makes Bamenda the largest city of the Anglophone minority in the country. At the same time, this is the reason why an important center of the opposition Social Democratic Front has developed here and the city is seen as a source of political unrest from the point of view of Paul Biya's government .
Economy and Infrastructure
The city is an important trading center and transport hub with Bamenda Airport and road links to Cameroon's most important cities, Yaoundé and Douala . Companies for coffee processing , soap production, various metal processing companies and also electrical trades have settled here, as well as several authorities. Bamenda has banks, a post office, gas stations and night clubs. In addition, there are various opportunities for school education and training up to and including university.
education
- Bamenda University of Science & Technology - BUST
The private Bamenda University of Science and Technology (BUST) was established by the Industrial and Educational Development Company Ltd (INDECO) on October 12, 1995. INDECO and the university were founded by John Ngu Foncha with the support of the Cameroon government and began teaching in 1998. BUST is a four-year arts, science and technology university .
The main scientific partner is the University of Buéa , but other partnerships are also active, such as the University of Dschang . Bamenda University of Science and Technology is a partner of the University of Osnabrück and the University of Wales in Bangor . Bamenda University of Science & Technology also offers full online degree programs.
- The University of Bamenda
In its history, the state University of Bamenda is directly connected to the Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology (CCAST) and the Ecole Normale Superieure Annex (ENSAB) Bambili . This college was founded in 1962 on a private initiative to implement reforms in the education initiative of Western Cameroon. This educational institution is also directly connected to John Ngu Foncha, who later became Prime Minister of Cameroon. The final establishment took place in 2011.
- Affiliated schools
- College of Technology
- Higher Institute of Commerce and Management
- Higher Institute of Transport and Logistics
- Higher Teacher Training College
- Higher Technical Teacher Training College
These schools formed the forerunners of today's university.
religion
Bamenda is the seat of a Catholic archdiocese .
Attractions
Indigenous handicrafts, masks and figures of the grassland ethnicities can be seen in a small city museum or shop on the market.
Numerous buildings from the German colonial era still exist, including Fort Bamenda , a fortress towering over the city, and the German cemetery.
Relatively close is Lake Nyos in the volcanic Oku mountains , known for the deadly CO 2 emission in 1986. The villages of Bali and Bafut are also not far from Bamenda. Bafut is about 15 km north of Bamenda as an extension of the airfield, Bali is west of Bamenda.
In addition, Bamenda is the starting point for the small and large “Ring Road”, a road that leads through the most important places and landscapes of the “grassland”. The ring road is paved in sections, but other sections can be in very poor condition.
Bamenda airfield is also used for military purposes; his lettercode is FKKV.
Personalities (alphabetical)
- Andy Allo (* 1989), musician
- John Fru Ndi (* 1941), politician
- Myra Maimoh (* 1982), musician
- Blaise Mamoum (born 1979), football player
- Carine Mbuh Ndoum Yoh (* 1993), soccer player
- Terrence Ngassa (* 1976), jazz musician
- John Ngu Foncha (1916–1999), politician
- Pius Suh Awa (1930–2014), Bishop of Buéa
- Stephen Sama (* 1993), football player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cameroon: largest cities and towns World Gazetteer (archived website)
- ↑ Homepage of Bameda University of Science and Technology (BUST) ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.unibda.net/index.php?param=history History of the University of Bamenda
