Mbam-et-Kim
Mbam-et-Kim | |
|---|---|
 Department location in Cameroon | |
| Land |  Kamerun |
| Province | Centre Province |
| Capital | Ntui |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,002 sq mi (25,906 km2) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 64,540 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Mbam-et-Kim is a department of Centre Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 25,906 km² and as of 2001 had a total population of 64,540.[1] The capital of the department lies at Ntui.
Subdivisions
The department is divided administratively into communes and in turn into villages.
Communes
Yoko was in the beginning planned to be the administrative center of Cameroon, but was replaced by Yaounde when the germans arrived in Cameroon.
Missionnaries The mission started in the 1920s. The Church in Yoko was built by Odd Dankel (1923). His son John Olav Dankel (1954) was also born in Yoko and and became the director of l'école de Théologie in Meiganga.
References
- ^ "Departments of Cameroon". Statoids, obtained from Institut national de la statistique (Cameroun) - Annuaire statistique du Cameroun 2004. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
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