Bankim
Bamkin | |
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  Bamkin | |
| Coordinates: 6°4′58″N 11°29′24″E / 6.08278°N 11.49000°E | |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region | Adamawa |
| Division | Mayo-Banyo[1] |
| Sub-division | Bamkin |
| not estimated | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Bankim, M'Bankim, Bamkin or Kimi is a town and commune of the division Mayo-Banyo in Adamaoua in Cameroon.[2] It is about 95 km from Foumban and 125 km from Banyo The area's vegetation is of shrub savanna type.
History[edit]
Bankim is said[by whom?] to have been founded in 1395 by the local chief Kimi who founded the Tikar kingdom.[citation needed] Eldridge Mohammadou has given a date of 1760 to 1780 as the foundation date for the chiefdom.[3]
Hazards[edit]
Loaiasis is hyperendemic in this area, but is regarded as a generally mild and painless disease...[4] It is reported that about 17% of the population in this area carry HIV/Aids, however the survey is based on urban surveys in the capital.
Communications[edit]
Bankim is on the main road from Foumban to Banyo. The provincial road (P26) goes from nearby Nyamboya to Ndu via Sonkolong, Atta, and Sabongari.[5] There is a post office, a hotel, some medical facilities and branches of Union Express and Exchange Express. Mobile phone coverage is good.
Notable residents[edit]
- Joseph Chila, a local photographer who has exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery in London has retired here.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Cameroon Prime Minister's office[permanent dead link] accessed 2 January 2007
- ^ Mah, E.P. (2014). La profession d'huissier de justice au Cameroun francophone. Harmattan Cameroun (in French). Editions L'Harmattan. p. 38. ISBN 978-2-336-33787-6. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Zeitlyn, David. (1996). "Eldridge Mohammadou on Tikar Origins Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine", Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford (JASO) 26 no. 1: pp. 99–104.
- ^ Kamgno, J; Boussinesq, M (2001). "Hyperendemic loaiasis in the Tikar plain, shrub savanna region of Cameroon". Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique. 94 (4): 342–6. PMID 11845532.
- ^ Planning in Contemporary Africa, Ambe J. Njoh, 2003, Ashgate Publishing ISBN 0-7546-3346-2
- ^ Cameroon exhibition in 2005
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| Mayo-Banyo | ||
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6°05′N 11°29′E / 6.083°N 11.483°E
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