Gangkombol
Gangkombol | |
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  Gangkombol | |
| Coordinates: 6°16′00″N 14°22′00″E / 6.2667°N 14.3667°E | |
| Country | Cameroon  |
| Region | Adamawa |
| Department | Mbéré |
| Elevation | 1,020 m (3,350 ft) |
| Population (2005)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,048 |
Gangkombol (also Gankobol, Gankombol, Gankoumbol, Gaukumbal, Gaukoumboum, Gamkoumbon) is a village in the commune of Meiganga in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon, near the border with the Central African Republic.
Population
[edit]In 1967, Gangkombol contained 468 inhabitants, mostly Gbaya people[2]
At the time of the 2005 census, there were 1048 people in the village.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat (3e RGPH, 2005), Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP), 2010.
- ^ Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p. 27
Bibliography
[edit]- Jean Boutrais, Peuples et cultures de l'Adamaoua (Cameroun) : actes du colloque de Ngaoundéré du 14 au 16 janvier 1992, Éd. de l'ORSTOM, Paris, 1993
- Philip Burnham, Opportunity and constraint in a savanna society : the Gbaya people of Meiganga, Cameroon, Academic Press, London, New York, 1980, 324 p. ISBN 0-12-146060-6
- Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, 133 p.
External links
[edit]- Meiganga Archived 2016-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, on the website Communes et villes unies du Cameroun (CVUC)
