Yoko (Cameroon)

Yoko
Yoko
Coordinates	5 ° 33 '  N , 12 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 5 ° 33 '  N , 12 ° 19'  E
Basic data
Country	Cameroon
region	Center
district	Mbam-et-Kim
height	927 m
Residents	4000

Yoko, German military station (around 1905)

Yoko ( Eng .: Joko) is a city in Cameroon . It is located in the Center province in the Mbam-et-Kim department . The city is located at an altitude of 927 meters above sea level and has about 4000 inhabitants.

history

Yoko was the seat of a Vute chief until the 19th century and, as part of the military expansion of the Adamawa subemirate of Tibati, came under the direct rule of the Fulbe , who developed it into an important border base against the tributary Vute societies in Ndumba and Linte.

In October and November 1890 Kurt von Morgen was the first European to stay there. When Max von Stetten passed the place in 1893, he was under the rule of a Fulbe chief; the majority of the population consisted of Hausa . Overall, the population was strongly Islamized at that time. There was even a regular Friday prayer.

Yoko was occupied by the German protection force during the Wute Adamaua campaign in 1898/99 and expanded as a fortress in the following years . It was surmounted by an 18 meter high tower, which became the station's landmark. Yoko had an important function for the colonial administration as a stage stop on the route from Yaoundé to the north of the colony of Cameroon and had a cattle testing station. Initially a subsidiary post of the Banyo military station, it became a government station in 1908 under the co-administration of the Yaounde District Office.

In 1904, after minor local unrest, Chief Jimka von Yoko was executed at the instigation of the station manager. Incidentally, German rule there was unchallenged. By the First World War, the place developed into an important center of the rubber trade in central Cameroon. In 1905 nine European trading companies had already set up shop there.

After the First World War , Yoko came under French mandate administration.

traffic

The place is still the most important stopover on the P 12 runway from Yaoundé to Tibati .

Climate table

Yoko
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     4th   30th 18th     16   31 19th     74   30th 19th     107   28 19th     210   27 18th     160   26th 18th     190   27 18th     201   25th 18th     302   26th 17th     292   26th 18th     53   28 18th     7th   29 18th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Yoko Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 29.7 31.2 30.0 28.3 27.1 26.0 27.2 24.9 25.6 26.4 27.7 28.7 O 27.7 Min. Temperature (° C) 18.2 19.2 19.1 18.8 18.3 17.7 17.6 17.6 17.3 17.5 18.3 18.0 O 18.1 Precipitation ( mm ) 4th 16 74 107 210 160 190 201 302 292 53 7th Σ 1,616 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 8.3 8.5 6.7 6.7 7.0 6.0 4.1 3.8 4.7 6.1 8.3 8.4 O 6.5 Rainy days ( d ) 0 2 7th 11 12 13 17th 19th 17th 20th 5 1 Σ 124 Humidity ( % ) 48 49 63 67 81 85 88 87 85 82 70 59 O 72.1 Source: wetterkontor.de

literature

• Curt Morgen: Through Cameroon from south to north. Travel and research in the hinterland 1889–1891 (Leipzig 1891)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data on Yoko from Falling Rain Genomics, accessed July 14, 2010.