Buea

Province

Buea is a city in the west of Cameroon, near the Mount Cameroon in the district Fako in the region Sud -Ouest, the provincial capital, it is. It is located about 1000 meters above sea level. It has around 52,000 inhabitants ( 2005 estimate ) and is situated in the settlement area of ​​the Kpe ( Bakwiri, Wakweli ), a Bantu-speaking ethnic group in the southeast slope of Mount Cameroon.

The cultivation of tea is an important branch of local industry.

The University of Buea is the only Anglophone university of Cameroon.

In the Buea supported by GIZ -profit organization International Climate Pro, among other things, sitting Ecotourism ( eg guided tours) offers. He has the goal to provide the local population through sustainable tourism alternative revenue sources, thus contributing to poverty reduction and to conservation. Furthermore, Buea main field of Naigahelp - Organisation for African aid.

History

In October 1891, Officer Karl Gravenreuth undertook on behalf of the German colonial administration a military expedition against Buea. He fell in battle, the town was destroyed during the expedition. After the founding of the German colonial force in Cameroon, it was again target of military action and temporarily occupied militarily in December 1894.

The expropriation and displacement of people from their previous living spaces set the stage for the In 1901 under Governor Jesko of Puttkamer relocation of the administrative headquarters of the German colony of Cameroon to Buea. As the seat of the government it underwent a rapid expansion, including through the establishment of the Governor's Palace (so-called " Puttkamer Palace" ).

In World War Buea was occupied by British troops and was from 1919 the seat of the British Mandate administration.

Climate

Being so close to Mount Cameroon, wet, Atlantic air over Buea rains from. With 203 days of rain per year Buea is one of the rainiest places in the world.

Attractions

  • The former governor's palace now serves as a secondary residence of the Cameroonian president.
  • Bismarck Fountain ( 1899) in front of the post office
  • German cemetery
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