Limbe, Cameroon
Province
Limbe (also Limbé ) is a city in southwestern Cameroon. It was founded in 1858 on the southern slopes of Mount Cameroon and has developed into a major coastal city.
Statistical data
- Population: 84,500 ( as of 2001)
- Religions: Christians, Muslims, followers of traditional African religions
- Languages: English, French, African languages ( Kpe - Mboko )
- Industry: food processing, textile manufacturing, chemical industry, oil and gas refineries
- Export commodities: coffee, cocoa, tea, cotton, sugar, tobacco, rubber, palm oil
- Climate: Tropical
History
Limbe was founded in June 1858 by the British missionary Alfred Saker under the name of Victoria, in honor of the then British Queen. Meanwhile there acquired rights meant that the place and its environs remained after the German occupation of the rest of the coastal strip, first under British administration, and only on May 7, 1886 against German claims at Forcados in the Niger area ( Mahinland ) and St. Lucia in South Africa and replaced was transferred to 28 March 1887 in German administrative and occupied by a department of the German police force.
Victoria decreed under German rule, then often in the spelling of Victoria, on the second most important port in the colony of Cameroon Duala, a post office, a customs office, emissions of both denominations, a government school, a hospital and a leprosy home. The Botanical Garden founded in 1891, Laboratory of country culture served the testing of various crops under the local climatic conditions. 1906-1907 was the German biologist August Weber Bauer Director of the botanical garden. A model of the system is shown in the Botanical Museum in Berlin.
In economic life, the West African plantation society Victoria ( WAPV ) played an important role there entertained their main planting and operational from 1910 own production systems for the treatment of oil palm products. Other trade and plantation companies were represented with branches, including the Ambas Bay Trayding Co. Ltd.. (Liverpool ), the German - West African Handelsgesellschaft mbH (Hamburg) and the Cameroon Land and plantation society (Hamburg).
Victoria was first the seat of a district office, the area originally extended into the Cameroon Mountains. 1902/ 03 of this, the region of Buea was separated as an independent civil administration district. 1914 both districts were reunited.
1982 Victoria was renamed in Limbe.
Victoria and the small Mount Cameroon on the German colonial era, around 1910
Victoria and the great Mount Cameroon on the German colonial era, around 1910
Language
The official language of the South West province of Cameroon is English. However, French is also often used, as the French-speaking city of Douala is located nearby. In addition to the official languages of local languages are spoken primarily Bakweri ( Kpe ) and Cameroonian Pidgin English as their language.
Economy
Cameroon is world renowned for its agricultural products such as under German colonial rule, first planted tea. Limbe is the center of the Cameroonian oil industry and one of the four largest commercial ports in Cameroon. Fishing is an important local industry. In Limbe is also the seat of one of seven nationwide existing employment offices of the National Employment Fund 's ( NEF).
Attractions
Limbe is located in a beautiful bay with a large mountain chain; in the background the view of Mount Cameroon. For tourists Limbe Kribi is next to one of the most popular coastal cities because of the black sand beaches. On the beaches, freshly caught fish and seafood is grilled and sold directly. There are also numerous restaurants and bars. The currently best known club ' Calypso ' Cameroon is also located in Limbe. The Limbe Wildlife Centre and the Botanical Garden are also notable attractions guide. Also, the monument of the city's founder Alfred Saker should look at during a visit to Limbe.
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