Nkongsamba
| Nkongsamba | |||
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 57 ' N , 9 ° 56' E | ||
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| Country | Cameroon | ||
| Littoral | |||
| district | Moungo | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CM-LT | ||
| height | 826 m | ||
| Residents | 114,986 (2005) | ||
| founding | 1912 | ||
Nkongsamba is a city in southwest Cameroon about 145 km north of Douala . It is the administrative seat of the Moungo district .
geography
Nkongsamba is located on one of the foothills of the Adamaua highlands , at about 830 m above sea level. It is located on seven hills between old volcanic craters, the 2411 m high Manengouba massif in the west and the 1825 m high Nlonako in the east. Pepper, cocoa, coffee, bananas and pineapples are grown on the fertile soil of this region.
history
The city emerged as Samba in 1912 with the construction of the Bonabéri – Nkongsamba railway line, known as the Manegu Railway, under German administration. The planned continuation of the route north to Bafoussam , Foumban , Banyo and Garoua was never realized. Towards the south it was expanded with the crossing of the Wouri River to Douala and is now known as the Northern Railway. However, traffic has now ceased from Nkongsamba to Mbanga . Only the western route between Douala and Mbanga and on to Kumba is regularly used. During the German colonial era , telecommunication found its way into Nkongsamba with the construction of a telegraph station. In 1914, the Deutsche Reichspost's double telephone lines were laid along the Northern Railway to Nkongsamba. At the beginning of the First World War , the city was occupied by the British and came under French administration in 1916 .
Nkongsamba is part of the Moungo also known in Cameroonian history as the territory of King Ekandjoum Joseph . The colonial powers divided the territory of the king into districts and departments according to their own economic interests. Cameroon and other African countries were founded later in the 20th century, in the 1960s. The King of Moungo His Majesty Ekandjoum Joseph is considered a respected king who could withstand the German occupation and was so powerful that the German occupiers could not take him off.
Emergence
When the German government offered royal training and asked them to go to Germany and send their children, the king refused. He did not trust the Colonial Administration, which had previously executed his relative and best friend Douala Manga Bell . Then a sympathizer of the colonial German power called Pandong will send his sons to Germany. They will organize a plot with the colonial administration in Berlin to split the territory of King Ekandjoum Joseph. Known as the last king of the Moungo Kingdom before Cameroon was founded, King Ekandjoum Joseph comes from a millennial Bantu dynasty.
King Ekandjoum Joseph wrote books about his people and his kingdom called Moungo. His current successor is His Majesty Joseph Noah Ekandjoum .
Religions
Nkongsamba is the episcopal seat of the Catholic diocese of the same name with its bishop Dieudonné Espoir Atangana .
Economy and Infrastructure
The city is the center of a coffee and banana growing region . There are sawmills, breweries and palm oil processing plants among other things. There is also a seminar for teachers, technical schools and a research institute for cocoa cultivation.
traffic
Nkongsamba is located on the well-developed N5 road that connects Douala with Bafoussam . Rail traffic on the railway line to Douala on the Atlantic Ocean has ceased.
With its national airfield, Nkongsamba can also be reached by air.
sons and daughters of the town
- Samuel Eto'o
- Daniel Kamwa (* 1943), film director and actor
- Francine Gálvez (* 1966), Spanish journalist and presenter
- Diederrick Joel (* 1993), football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhard Klein-Arendt: “Kamina calls Nauen!” The radio stations in the German colonies 1904-1918 . Cologne: Wilhelm Herbst Verlag, 1995, p. 180. ISBN 3-923-925-58-1
- ↑ www.worldcat.org/title/petite-grammaire-de-la-langue-mboo/oclc/12804342&referer=brief_results
- ↑ www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/56/91/06/56910662981794153569036197293913918401/GrammaireMmbooBaneka.pdf