Ambam
Sign in to saveAmbam is a town and commune in the Vallée-du-Ntem department, South Province, Cameroon on the border with Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. This frontier town is located approximately 220 km from Yaoundé and as of 2005 had a population of 41,089. Traditionally, it has traded with its neighbouring countries across the border. The Fang are the main ethnic group.
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- Locality
- Ambam
- Region
- Sud
- Country
- Cameroun
- Population
- 25,052
- Timezone
- Africa/Douala
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ambam
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- German building at Ambam.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- German building now used as a school in Ambam
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cameroon
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Cameroon
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Cameroon
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vallée-du-Ntem
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_total
- 41089
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Cameroon
- Country
- Cameroon
- Located in
- Vallée-du-Ntem
- Elevation
- 570
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- German building at Ambam.jpg
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- Ambam
- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
Ambam is a town and commune in the Vallée-du-Ntem department, South Province, Cameroon on the border with Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. This frontier town is located approximately 220 km from Yaoundé and as of 2005 had a population of 41,089. Traditionally, it has traded with its neighbouring countries across the border. The Fang are the main ethnic group.
==History== This town was once occupied by the Germans under the nation of Kamerun. The Germans built several administrative buildings in Ambam as it was of strategic importance.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ambam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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