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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Place details
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Cameroon
- Located in
- Vallée-du-Ntem
- Elevation
- +570
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- German building at Ambam.jpg
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- P12749
- UTC+06:30
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Article
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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.