Moloundou
Mouloundou | |
|---|---|
  Mouloundou Location in Cameroon | |
| Coordinates: 2°3′N 15°10′E / 2.050°N 15.167°E | |
| Country |  Cameroon |
| Province | East |
| Division | Boumba-et-Ngoko |
Moloundou is an arrondissement (district) in the Boumba-et-Ngoko Division of southeastern Cameroon's East Province. Mouloundou is close to Boumba Bek and Nki National Parks on the Dja River. It has a mayor and several decentralised administrative services.[1]
History
In the 1890s, Moloundou was "one of the richest rubber areas of Africa" and Germans established a rubber making plant here.[2]
Geography and climate
Mouloundou is situated roughly 280 km from the Cameroonian Republic of Congo border town of Yokadouma.[1] It is close to Boumba Bek and Nki National Parks[1] on the Dja River.[3] The town has a tropical climate with temperature ranging from 23.1–25˚C with an average annual temperature of 24˚C.[4] Its relative humidity varies between 60 and 90% while annual rainfall is 1500mm per year.[4] According to the Cameroon Ministry of Agriculture, Moloundou has a rainy season from September to November, a dry season from November to March, a rainy season from March to June, and a dry season from July to August.[1]
Demographics
The area around Mouloundou, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund, has a population of 22,882 people, mostly ethnic Bantus[4] and, despite being named a minority in Cameroon's constitution of 18 January 1996, Baka Pygmies.[1] These include the Djem, Bangando, Bakwele and Zime tribes.[4] Non-indigenous employees of logging companies and traders make up a sizeable amount of the population.[4] The population density of the region is about five people per km2, concentrated along the main Yokadouma-Moloundou road.[1] The villages near Mouloundou are mostly homogeneous as there are few non-natives, mostly working as civil servants or traders.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Ndameu, Benoit (July 2001). "Case Study 7: Cameroon-Boumba Bek" (PDF). Forest Peoples Programme. Moreton-in-Marsh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2008.
- ^ M. J. van Binsbergen, Wim; Peter Geschiere (2005). Commodification: Things, Agency, and Identities : (The Social Life of Things Revisited). Lit. p. 254. ISBN 3-8258-8804-5.
- ^ "Dja River". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f "Three National Parks of Southeast Cameroon" (Microsoft Word). World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
