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| Nickname: Abakwa, Mankon Town | |
  Bamenda
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| Province | Northwest |
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| Population (?) | |
| - Urban | 446,000 |
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| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
Bamenda, also known as Abakwa and Mankon Town, is a city in northwestern Cameroon and capital of the North West Province. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. The Republic of Cameroon is divided into ten provinces See also Divisions of Cameroon The North-West Province (in French Province du Nord-Ouest) is found in the western highlands of Cameroon. The Provinces of Cameroon are divided into 58 divisions or departments ( Départements ' Cameroon is divided into a number of Administrative divisions These are known by two terms one English and one French. West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in western and west-central Africa (though not in countries west of Benin, which instead use GMT UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. The North-West Province (in French Province du Nord-Ouest) is found in the western highlands of Cameroon. The city has an estimated 446,000 inhabitants and is located 366 km (227 mi) north-west of the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé. Yaoundé, (jɑːuːnˈdeɪ is the Capital city of Cameroon and second largest city in the country after Douala. Bamenda is known for its cool climate and scenic hilly location.
As a provincial centre the city has numerous markets, banks, and offices. The main industries are the processing of agricultural produce such as coffee. The local museum and shops display a wide variety of local baskets, beads, woodcarvings and bronze statues.
In Bamenda there are cultural sites such as the Mankon Fon's Palace with its newly constructed museum, and the Bali Fon's palace with its ancient architectural structures. The mountainous terrain around the city affords scenic views such as that from the mountain Sabga over the Ndop plain.
Bamenda is the seat of the largest opposition political party in Cameroon, the Social Democratic Front (SDF), and the home of its leader, John Fru Ndi. The Social Democratic Front (Front Social-Démocratique is the main opposition party of Cameroon. Ni John Fru Ndi (born 7 July 1941) is the founder and leader of Cameroon 's Social Democratic Front (SDF The SDF is Cameroon's largest opposition party and was founded in Bamenda.
On May 26, 1990, a group of Bamenda elites launched the party in Ntarikon Bamenda, despite a heavy police presence. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) However, the launching did not end without casualty. Six civilians were killed.
Bamenda is also the birth place of The Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC), a group that has been asking for the restoration of the former British Southern Cameroons, a territory that covers the English-speaking provinces of North West and South West.
The SCNC was born in Bamenda in 1994, after the All Anglophone Conference (AAC2) issued the Bamenda "Declaration" in which it had asked the government of President Paul Biya to respond to all Anglophone grievances stated in the Buea Declaration of 1993 or face the wrath of the people of the Southern Cameroons. Paul Biya (born 13 February 1933) has been the President of Cameroon since November 6, 1982. The Cameroon government failed to respond to the Bamenda Declaration and since then, the SCNC has categorically maintained that it now considers the restoration of the independence of the Southern Cameroons to be final and irrevocable.
The city of Bamenda has road links to Yaoundé and Douala, and an airport, but no scheduled services. Yaoundé, (jɑːuːnˈdeɪ is the Capital city of Cameroon and second largest city in the country after Douala. Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Province. To the north of the city is the Bamenda Ring Road, a 367 km (228 mi) circular route through some of Cameroon's most spectacular mountains. Along this road is Mount Oku (3,000 m/9,800 ft), the Kimbi River Game Reserve, the Menchum River waterfalls, a huge chief's palace at Bafut, and a pyramidal thatched shrine at Akum (also known as Bagangu). A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water often in the form of a Stream, flowing over an Erosion -resistant rock Bafut is a town in Cameroon in the Northwest Province, to the North of the city of Bamenda.
History
In origin the city is an amalgamation of three villages - Mankon, Mendakwe and Nkwen. The first was named for the Mankon people, and alliance of five ethnic groups which founded a chieftaincy (a fon) known as the Mankon Fon. Mankon is a geo-historic community constituting a large part of Bamenda in Cameroon, formed as an amalgamation of about five different ethnic groups
Bamenda's principal ethnic group is the Tikar. The Tikar are a group of related Ethnic groups in Cameroon. They live primarily in the northwestern part of the country in the Northwest Province near In the past, the Tikar faced invasions from peoples in the surrounding hills, and between 1700 and 1800, they joined a confederation established by the Mbum for defense purposes. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Mbum is an Benue-Congo language that is spoken by about 51000 people and along with French, English and other languages is the official language of
Bamenda was subjected to German colonialism in the late 19th century, and evidence of Germany's former occupation of Bamenda can still be seen today in structures such as the Fort at the Bamenda station. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. See Colony and Colonization for examples of colonialism which do not refer to Western colonialism The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar After the defeat of the Germans in World War I (1914-1918) the League of Nations shared German colonial territories among victorious nations. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 Western Cameroon was administered jointly with Nigeria under the protectorate of the British until 1961 when following a plebiscite it attained independence by joining then the already independent République du Cameroun. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power.
Today, many of the city's inhabitants are English-speaking, and Cameroonian Pidgin English is the main language spoken in the shops and on the streets of Bamenda. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Cameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole, is a linguistic entity of Cameroon. Some Anglophone political pressure groups represented in the city such as the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) advocate secession from the rest of Cameroon, which is Francophone. The Southern Cameroons National Council ( SCNC) is a Secessionist organisation that seeks the independence of the Anglophone Southern Cameroons Secession (derived from the Latin term secessio is the act of withdrawing from an organization union or especially a political entity
In 1986 the province was the site of disaster when a limnic eruption of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide caused 2,000 deaths at Lake Nyos. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) A limnic eruption, also referred to as a lake overturn, is a rare type of Natural disaster in which Carbon dioxide (CO2 suddenly erupts from Carbon dioxide ( Chemical formula:) is a Chemical compound composed of two Oxygen Atoms covalently bonded to a single Hydrogen sulfide (or hydrogen sulphide) is the Chemical compound with the formula H 2 S. Lake Nyos is a Crater lake in the Northwest Province of Cameroon.
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