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Ndian

Ndian is a department of Southwest Region in Cameroon. It is located in the humid tropical rainforest zone about 650 km (400 mi) southeast of Yaoundé, the capital.

Ndian
Department location in Cameroon
Country Cameroon
RegionSouthwest Region
CapitalMundemba
Area
 • Total6,626 km2 (2,558 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total362,201
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

History edit

Ndian division was formed in 1975 from parts of Kumba and Victoria divisions and is one of six administrative units that constitute the Southwest Region. Its headquarters is in Mundemba and other major towns include Ekondo Titi, Bamusso, Isangele, Toko, Bekora and Dikome Balue.[1][2] A total of nine municipalities (Bamusso, Dikome Balue, Ekondo Titi, Idabato, Isangele, Kumbo Abedimo, Kumbo Itindi, Mundemba and Toko) make up the division and spread across an estimated surface area of about 6,626 km2 (2,558 sq mi) (25% of the region). The division is linked to other major towns of Cameroon (such as Kumba in the Meme) by the national road N16 and which passes through Ekondo Titi onwards to Mundemba and Isangele.[3]

Geography edit

The division borders the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the west, Fako division to the south, Manyu division to the north and Meme and Kupe Muanenguba divisions to the east. A mangroves and creeks dominated estuary forms a very low and indented point of contact with the sea in the Rio del Rey estuary. This is in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea known as the Bight of Biafra and which makes up over 35% of Ndian division. This estuary also forms the delta zone of the Ndian River with enormous ongoing marine erosion due to offshore oil drilling. Apart from this amphibious area which is dominated by mangroves and creeks, over 25% of the land surface is flat while about 40%, rests on the Rumpi Highlands.[4]

Population edit

From a 2005 population survey and future projections, the population of Ndian division is estimated at 362201 of which 17% are semi-urban and 83% rural. The average population density is 55/km2 (140/sq mi) which drops to an estimated 20/km2 (52/sq mi) in the Rumpi hills and maritime areas. Meanwhile, around the semi-urban centers of Ekondo Titi and Mundemba, the population density increases to about 220/km2 (570/sq mi).[2][5]

Climate edit

The area has two seasons which are, a dry season from November to April and a rainy season from May to October. Annual rainfall ranges from 4,027 to 6,368 mm (158.5 to 250.7 in), with the heaviest rainfalls usually in July and August. Temperature varies little throughout the year with mean monthly maximum temperatures in the dry season being 31.8 °C (89.2 °F) and in the rainy season 18.2 °C (64.8 °F).[6]

The relative humidity is high during most of the year with minimum monthly values ranging between 60% and 98% in Dikome Balue (east) and Toko (north) areas and between 50% and 84% in Mundemba (west) and Ekondo Titi (south) areas. Here also, wind velocities and magnitudes have a generally mild and low nature often varying from 4 to 10 m/s (8.9 to 22.4 mph). Nevertheless, high velocities and magnitudes sometimes occur especially during the passage of squall lines associated with large rainy seasons or regular thunderstorms. These winds usually blow from a southwest to west direction.[7][8]

The People edit

Predominantly Oroko people such as Balue, Ngolo, Bima, Isangele, Balondo, Batanga, and the Efik tribe , and who speak similar Bantu languages populate this area. The Balue, Ngolo, Bima and Batanga people inhabit the mountainous forest areas where shifting cultivation, hunting and gathering of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are important activities for the local villagers.[3][8]

Meanwhile, the Isangele, Balondo and Efik are found in the low-lying and maritime areas where they are mostly involved in various agricultural, petty trading and fishing activities. Christianity is the major form of religious worship in Ndian division though many people adhere to their animist beliefs.[9][3]

Ecology edit

The mountainous areas of Ndian division (400–1,800 m [1,300–5,900 ft]) above sea level are covered by sub-montane forests characterized by low but irregular canopy 15–20 m (49–66 ft) tall. These trees may often attain a height of 35 m (115 ft) with a canopy and foliage cover ranging from 60% to 90%.[10][11] Meanwhile, the shrub layer is about 3 to 7 m (9.8 to 23.0 ft) and which often replaces the tree layer as canopy ranges from closed to very open. Here, the herb layer is closed and may often attain heights above 1 m (39 in). The canopy is usually full of climbers and the cloud forests appearance is as a result of the ever present epiphytes. These broad-leaved evergreen and deciduous trees are branched at low heights with irregular stem shapes. These sub-montane forests are not of great interest for commercial timber exploitation due to very steep slopes hence inaccessibility and the few timber species have very irregular stem structure.

In the easily accessible lowland forests, artisanal logging has occurred over the past decades and has led to regrowth fields and monocrop plantations. Almost all these areas were first used for shifting cultivation by the local farming population for subsistence purposes before being abandoned or converted into monocrop plantations. These farmed areas which may vary from 0.01 to 1 km2 (2.5 to 247.1 acres) are usually located within a few kilometers from the village and along main roads or bush paths.[9]

Here, shifting cultivation and agroforestry farming have created fields, weed infested thickets and secondary forest vegetation mostly along the main roads and around villages. These combined reverts to dense and secondary forests have given rise to a mosaic forested landscape with bushes of devil weed or achakasara (Chromolaena odorata) and umbrella tree (Musanga cecropioides).

In this system of shifting cultivation, the farmer clears small plots (up to about 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) of secondary or sometimes dense rain forest depending on his labour and economic potentials. It is followed by burning of the slash at the end of the dry season (February/March) and planting at the onset of the rainy season (April/May). This practice involves the planting of a variety and a combination of crops at the same time and on the same piece of land. These are primary and staple food crops such as cassava, cocoyam, banana and plantain, peanuts, maize and yams.

Traditionally, cocoa (Theobroma cacao) has been the most important cash crop although oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) and coffee (Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora) have usually been cultivated. But recently, large expanses of commercial plantations of oil palm and rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) have been established in the area.[7][8]

Subdivisions edit

 
Administrative Map of Ndian division showing all the subdivisions

The department is divided administratively into 9 communes and in turn into villages.

Communes:

References edit

  1. ^ Annuaire Statistique du Cameroun 2011.
  2. ^ a b BUCREP 2015.
  3. ^ a b c CVUC-UCCC 2014.
  4. ^ Mukete 2018.
  5. ^ Mukete et al. 2018b.
  6. ^ Mukete et al. 2017a.
  7. ^ a b Etongo & Glover 2012.
  8. ^ a b c Mukete 2018d.
  9. ^ a b Malleson 2000.
  10. ^ Waterloo et al. 1997.
  11. ^ Chuyong et al. 2011.

Sources edit

  1. "Chapter 2: Organisation institutionnelle, administrative et judiciaire du Cameroun" (PDF). Annuaire Statistique du Cameroun (Report). Institut National de la Statistique. 2011. pp. 3–35. (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2017.
  2. BUCREP (2015). Population and housing census report (PDF) (Report). Central Bureau of the Census and Population Studies of Cameroon. (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2019.
  3. Chuyong, G; Kenfack, D; Harms, K; Thomas, W; Condit, R; Comita, L (2011). "Habitat specificity and diversity of tree species in an African wet tropical forest" (PDF). Plant Ecology. 212 (8): 1363–1374. doi:10.1007/s11258-011-9912-4. S2CID 39020878.
  4. "United Councils and cities of Cameroon". CVUC-UCCC. 2014. from the original on 13 February 2019.
  5. Etongo, Daniel B; Glover, Edinam K (2012). "Participatory resource mapping for livelihood values derived from the forest in Ekondo-Titi subregion, Cameroon: A gender analysis". International Journal of Forestry Research. 2012 (ArticleID 971068): 9. doi:10.1155/2012/871068.
  6. Lyonga, Ngoh M (2012). Reducing tropical deforestation and degradation: an evaluation of subsistence agro-forestry systems around Korup National Park, Cameroon (MSc thesis). U Buea, Cameroon.
  7. Malleson, Ruth (2000). Forest livelihoods in southwest province, Cameroon: An evaluation of the Korup Experience (PhD thesis). Department of Anthropology, UCL.
  8. Mukete, B; Sun, Y; Etongo, D; Sajjad, S; Abdul, M (2018b). "Assessing the drivers of land use change in the Rumpi hills forest protected area, Cameroon". Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 37 (6): 592–618. doi:10.1080/10549811.2018.1449121. S2CID 90942550.
  9. Mukete, Beckline (2018d). A Study on Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Rumpi Hills Forests of Cameroon (PhD thesis). Department of Forest Management, Beijing Forestry University, China.
  10. Waterloo, M; Ntonga, J; Dolman, A; Ayangma, B (1997). "Impact of land use change on the hydrology and erosion of rain forest land in south Cameroon". Report (134). Wageningen, Netherlands: DLO Winand Staring Centre: 90. from the original on 1 July 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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Ndian is a department of Southwest Region in Cameroon It is located in the humid tropical rainforest zone about 650 km 400 mi southeast of Yaounde the capital NdianDepartmentDepartment location in CameroonCountry CameroonRegionSouthwest RegionCapitalMundembaArea Total6 626 km2 2 558 sq mi Population 2005 Total362 201 Density55 km2 140 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 WAT Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Population 4 Climate 5 The People 6 Ecology 7 Subdivisions 8 References 9 SourcesHistory editNdian division was formed in 1975 from parts of Kumba and Victoria divisions and is one of six administrative units that constitute the Southwest Region Its headquarters is in Mundemba and other major towns include Ekondo Titi Bamusso Isangele Toko Bekora and Dikome Balue 1 2 A total of nine municipalities Bamusso Dikome Balue Ekondo Titi Idabato Isangele Kumbo Abedimo Kumbo Itindi Mundemba and Toko make up the division and spread across an estimated surface area of about 6 626 km2 2 558 sq mi 25 of the region The division is linked to other major towns of Cameroon such as Kumba in the Meme by the national road N16 and which passes through Ekondo Titi onwards to Mundemba and Isangele 3 Geography editThe division borders the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the west Fako division to the south Manyu division to the north and Meme and Kupe Muanenguba divisions to the east A mangroves and creeks dominated estuary forms a very low and indented point of contact with the sea in the Rio del Rey estuary This is in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea known as the Bight of Biafra and which makes up over 35 of Ndian division This estuary also forms the delta zone of the Ndian River with enormous ongoing marine erosion due to offshore oil drilling Apart from this amphibious area which is dominated by mangroves and creeks over 25 of the land surface is flat while about 40 rests on the Rumpi Highlands 4 Population editFrom a 2005 population survey and future projections the population of Ndian division is estimated at 362201 of which 17 are semi urban and 83 rural The average population density is 55 km2 140 sq mi which drops to an estimated 20 km2 52 sq mi in the Rumpi hills and maritime areas Meanwhile around the semi urban centers of Ekondo Titi and Mundemba the population density increases to about 220 km2 570 sq mi 2 5 Climate editThe area has two seasons which are a dry season from November to April and a rainy season from May to October Annual rainfall ranges from 4 027 to 6 368 mm 158 5 to 250 7 in with the heaviest rainfalls usually in July and August Temperature varies little throughout the year with mean monthly maximum temperatures in the dry season being 31 8 C 89 2 F and in the rainy season 18 2 C 64 8 F 6 The relative humidity is high during most of the year with minimum monthly values ranging between 60 and 98 in Dikome Balue east and Toko north areas and between 50 and 84 in Mundemba west and Ekondo Titi south areas Here also wind velocities and magnitudes have a generally mild and low nature often varying from 4 to 10 m s 8 9 to 22 4 mph Nevertheless high velocities and magnitudes sometimes occur especially during the passage of squall lines associated with large rainy seasons or regular thunderstorms These winds usually blow from a southwest to west direction 7 8 The People editPredominantly Oroko people such as Balue Ngolo Bima Isangele Balondo Batanga and the Efik tribe and who speak similar Bantu languages populate this area The Balue Ngolo Bima and Batanga people inhabit the mountainous forest areas where shifting cultivation hunting and gathering of non timber forest products NTFPs are important activities for the local villagers 3 8 Meanwhile the Isangele Balondo and Efik are found in the low lying and maritime areas where they are mostly involved in various agricultural petty trading and fishing activities Christianity is the major form of religious worship in Ndian division though many people adhere to their animist beliefs 9 3 Ecology editThe mountainous areas of Ndian division 400 1 800 m 1 300 5 900 ft above sea level are covered by sub montane forests characterized by low but irregular canopy 15 20 m 49 66 ft tall These trees may often attain a height of 35 m 115 ft with a canopy and foliage cover ranging from 60 to 90 10 11 Meanwhile the shrub layer is about 3 to 7 m 9 8 to 23 0 ft and which often replaces the tree layer as canopy ranges from closed to very open Here the herb layer is closed and may often attain heights above 1 m 39 in The canopy is usually full of climbers and the cloud forests appearance is as a result of the ever present epiphytes These broad leaved evergreen and deciduous trees are branched at low heights with irregular stem shapes These sub montane forests are not of great interest for commercial timber exploitation due to very steep slopes hence inaccessibility and the few timber species have very irregular stem structure In the easily accessible lowland forests artisanal logging has occurred over the past decades and has led to regrowth fields and monocrop plantations Almost all these areas were first used for shifting cultivation by the local farming population for subsistence purposes before being abandoned or converted into monocrop plantations These farmed areas which may vary from 0 01 to 1 km2 2 5 to 247 1 acres are usually located within a few kilometers from the village and along main roads or bush paths 9 Here shifting cultivation and agroforestry farming have created fields weed infested thickets and secondary forest vegetation mostly along the main roads and around villages These combined reverts to dense and secondary forests have given rise to a mosaic forested landscape with bushes of devil weed or achakasara Chromolaena odorata and umbrella tree Musanga cecropioides In this system of shifting cultivation the farmer clears small plots up to about 0 02 km2 4 9 acres of secondary or sometimes dense rain forest depending on his labour and economic potentials It is followed by burning of the slash at the end of the dry season February March and planting at the onset of the rainy season April May This practice involves the planting of a variety and a combination of crops at the same time and on the same piece of land These are primary and staple food crops such as cassava cocoyam banana and plantain peanuts maize and yams Traditionally cocoa Theobroma cacao has been the most important cash crop although oil palm Elaeis guineensis and coffee Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora have usually been cultivated But recently large expanses of commercial plantations of oil palm and rubber Hevea brasiliensis have been established in the area 7 8 Subdivisions edit nbsp Administrative Map of Ndian division showing all the subdivisionsThe department is divided administratively into 9 communes and in turn into villages Communes Bamusso Dikome Balue Ekondo Titi Idabato Isanguele Kombo Abedimo Kombo Itindi Mundemba TokoReferences edit Annuaire Statistique du Cameroun 2011 sfn error no target CITEREFAnnuaire Statistique du Cameroun2011 help a b BUCREP 2015 a b c CVUC UCCC 2014 sfn error no target CITEREFCVUC UCCC2014 help Mukete 2018 sfn error no target CITEREFMukete2018 help Mukete et al 2018b Mukete et al 2017a sfn error no target CITEREFMuketeSunAyongheOjong2017a help a b Etongo amp Glover 2012 a b c Mukete 2018d a b Malleson 2000 Waterloo et al 1997 Chuyong et al 2011 Sources edit Chapter 2 Organisation institutionnelle administrative et judiciaire du Cameroun PDF Annuaire Statistique du Cameroun Report Institut National de la Statistique 2011 pp 3 35 Archived PDF from the original on 19 September 2017 BUCREP 2015 Population and housing census report PDF Report Central Bureau of the Census and Population Studies of Cameroon Archived PDF from the original on 13 February 2019 Chuyong G Kenfack D Harms K Thomas W Condit R Comita L 2011 Habitat specificity and diversity of tree species in an African wet tropical forest PDF Plant Ecology 212 8 1363 1374 doi 10 1007 s11258 011 9912 4 S2CID 39020878 United Councils and cities of Cameroon CVUC UCCC 2014 Archived from the original on 13 February 2019 Etongo Daniel B Glover Edinam K 2012 Participatory resource mapping for livelihood values derived from the forest in Ekondo Titi subregion Cameroon A gender analysis International Journal of Forestry Research 2012 ArticleID 971068 9 doi 10 1155 2012 871068 Lyonga Ngoh M 2012 Reducing tropical deforestation and degradation an evaluation of subsistence agro forestry systems around Korup National Park Cameroon MSc thesis U Buea Cameroon Malleson Ruth 2000 Forest livelihoods in southwest province Cameroon An evaluation of the Korup Experience PhD thesis Department of Anthropology UCL Mukete B Sun Y Etongo D Sajjad S Abdul M 2018b Assessing the drivers of land use change in the Rumpi hills forest protected area Cameroon Journal of Sustainable Forestry 37 6 592 618 doi 10 1080 10549811 2018 1449121 S2CID 90942550 Mukete Beckline 2018d A Study on Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Rumpi Hills Forests of Cameroon PhD thesis Department of Forest Management Beijing Forestry University China Waterloo M Ntonga J Dolman A Ayangma B 1997 Impact of land use change on the hydrology and erosion of rain forest land in south Cameroon Report 134 Wageningen Netherlands DLO Winand Staring Centre 90 Archived from the original on 1 July 2018 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help nbsp This Cameroon location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ndian amp oldid 1182810349, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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