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Ayos
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Ayos is a town and commune in the department of Nyong-et-Mfoumou Centre region of Cameroon.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Ayos
Settlement.settlement_type
Commune and town
Settlement.pushpin_map
Cameroon
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
above
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Cameroon
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Centre
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Nyong-et-Mfoumou
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2005
Settlement.population_total
22899
Settlement.timezone
WAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • Organisation
  • People born in Ayos
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading

Ayos is a town and commune in the department of Nyong-et-Mfoumou Centre region of Cameroon.

The district is noted for its place in the history of medicine: the 1920s saw the establishment of a medical center managed by the French doctor Eugène Jamot, famed as the person who cured sleeping sickness.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ayos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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