Bankim

Coordinates: 6°05′N 11°29′E / 6.083°N 11.483°E / 6.083; 11.483
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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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

Bankim is said[

Tikar kingdom.[citation needed] Eldridge Mohammadou has given a date of 1760 to 1780 as the foundation date for the chiefdom.[3]

Hazards

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

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

  • National Portrait Gallery in London has retired here.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cameroon Prime Minister's office[permanent dead link] accessed 2 January 2007
  2. ISBN 978-2-336-33787-6
    . Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. PMID 11845532
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  5. ISBN 0-7546-3346-2
  6. ^ Cameroon exhibition in 2005

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