Dicomes
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 55 ' N , 9 ° 14' E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Cameroon | ||
| Sud-Ouest | |||
| Department | Ndian | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CM-SW | ||
| Subdivision | Dikome Balue | ||
| height | 1000 m | ||
| Residents | 2000 | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Benjamin Itoe | ||
| Political party | CPDM | ||
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| Twin cities |
 Schopfheim
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Dikome Balue is a village in Cameroon with about 2000 inhabitants. It is located in the mountains at an altitude of 1000 meters at the crossroads of two trade routes from Bekondo to Marumba and from Kumba to Toko .
The remote region received structural support through a partnership with the Protestant Church in Baden (church district Lörrach and Schopfheim) and through a town partnership with Schopfheim . Coffee from the Dikome region has been marketed in Germany since 1993 by the Dikome / Cameroon eV association under the name Glory Halleluja Coffee.
Dikome was also affected during the unrest of the Anglophone Crisis in the southwest region of Cameroon. The population fled from the government troops at Easter 2018, which had completely burned down numerous surrounding villages. A resident was shot dead by government soldiers trying to prevent them from looting the chief palace. Government gendarmes were killed by members of the independence movement. Individual buildings were burned down, such as B. the property of ELECAM.
geography
Dikome-balue Balue is located at the foot of Mount Rata , the m with 1,768 highest mountain in the Rumpi Hills , making it part of the Rumpi Hills Wildlife Reserve .
Dikome Council
Dikome Balue is the main town and seat of the council of the same name. In addition to Dikome Balue, the villages of Betenge Balue , Bona Balue , Bonji Balue , Bosinga Balue , Diboki Balue , Difenda Balue , Ebobe Balue , Itende Balue , Mbombe Balue , Mdonono Balue , Mekoma Balue , Mofako Balue , Weme Balue belong to Dikome Balue Council . The town hall of Dikome Balue was newly built and is located on the road to Dikome Ngolo just outside the village. Also in the village are the administration building of the Dikome Balue Subdivision as the seat of the Divisional Officer, a gendarmerie station and a branch of ELECAM.
church
In Dikome Balue there was a mission station of the Protestant Basel Mission , which was manned by German and Swiss missionaries until the 1930s. Today Dikome Balue is the seat of the Presbyterial Secretary of Dikome Presbytery, a deanery of the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon PCC , which arose from the work of the Basel Mission. Dikome Presbytery consists of 20 stations with 84 parishes, which geographically extend over 5 subdivisions in 2 divisions from the Nigerian border in Korup National Park (Esukutan, Ndian Division) to near Kumba (Matoh, Meme Division). The first missionary of the Basel Mission to visit Dikome Balue in June 1902 was Gottlieb Spellenberg (1870–1925). Spellenberg lured the people in the village with the sound of a cornet in order to tell them about Jesus Christ afterwards.
Dikome Balue is also the seat of a Roman Catholic parish with the patron St. Isidore, which also emerged from missionary work. In the recent past, further denominations of Baptist, Apostolic and Evangelical character with small congregations have arisen.
school
Dikome Balue has a Government Nursery School, a Government Primary School and a Government High School GHS Dikome Balue. A German teacher teaches at GHS Dikome Balue and is financed by the city of Schopfheim as part of the town partnership between Dikome Balue and Schopfheim .
health care
Dikome Balue has a small Government Health Center and a much larger Presbyterian Church health station, which is run as an outstation of the Presbyterian Hospital Kumba .
Infrastructure
Dikome Balue is powered by a diesel generator in the evenings. The whole village has electric street lighting that operates while the generator is running. Above the village there is a water reservoir for a water supply that was built together with the German partner organizations. In May 2014, MTN put a cellular antenna into operation in the village, which supplies the village and large parts of the Rumpi Mountains with cellular and cellular-supported internet. There is also a radio station in the village. A hotel is under construction.
Local election 2013
In the local elections held nationwide in Cameroon in autumn 2013, two lists were put up for election in Dikome Balue. The ruling state party Cameroon People Democratic Movement CPDM and the opposition Social Democratic Front SDF have applied for seats in the council. Cameroon's local electoral law stipulates that if there are two nominations, the winner receives all seats in the council with an absolute majority. Due to the election result, the council consists only of CPDM representatives.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Partnership work of the Markgräflerland church district ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Town twinning of Schopfheim ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Dikome / Cameroon eV
- ↑ http://www.badische-zeitung.de/schopfheim/auch-in-der-schopfheimer-partnerstadt-dikome-haben-die-unruhen-in-kamerun-haben--155310769.html
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Rumpi Hills Sanctuary (English)
- ^ Report by the missionary Gottlieb Spellenberg from October 15, 1902
