Somié
Sign in to saveSomié is a village in Bankim, Mayo-Banyo in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. It appears as Tchokmon on some early maps. It is located near the Nigeria – Cameroon border at 6°28' N, 11° 27' E. It has an officially designated "second degree" chief, several schools, churches and mosques as well as a government health centre. There is a small solar power installation that has been providing electricity to the village since 2018. The Mambila people who live there are predominantly farmers.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bankim
- Region
- Adamaoua
- Country
- Cameroun
- Population
- 2,000
- Timezone
- Africa/Douala
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- List of the chiefs of Somié
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Somié is a village in Bankim, Mayo-Banyo in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. It appears as Tchokmon on some early maps. It is located near the Nigeria – Cameroon border at 6°28' N, 11° 27' E. It has an officially designated "second degree" chief, several schools, churches and mosques as well as a government health centre. There is a small solar power installation that has been providing electricity to the village since 2018. The Mambila people who live there are predominantly farmers.
== List of the chiefs of Somié == Source: Tuloom Ndinyura Chomo/Chókmo Nyura: first contact with the Germans (Hurault) Menandi: 8 wives; 10 as chief Konaka (Kolaka in official documents): chief from 1923? to 1949 died in Nov. 49 Ndi Etienne: chef from 1950 to end June 1953 Mɔgɔ Michel: 6 wives; chief from 1954 to December 1976 Dega François: born in 1950 died 29 April 2002; chief from November 1977 to 2002. Ndi Adam: Died 15 September 2017 chief from 2003 to 2017 Ernest Konaka: chief from Jan 2018
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Somié” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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