Moloundou
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Moloundou is an arrondissement (district) in the Boumba et Ngoko Division of southeastern Cameroon
's East Province
. Mouloundou is close to Boumba Bek
and Nki National Park
s on the Dja River
. It has a mayor and several decentralised administrative services.
. It is close to Boumba Bek
and Nki National Park
s on the Dja River
. The town has a tropical climate
with temperature ranging from 23.1-25˚C with an average annual temperature of 24˚C. Its relative humidity varies between 60 to 90% while annual rainfall is 1500mm per year. According to the Cameroon Ministry of Agriculture, Moloundou has a rainy season from September to November, a dry season from November to March, a rainy season from March to June, and a dry season from July to August.
Pygmies. These include the Djem, Bangando, Bakwele and Zime tribes. Non-indigenous employees of logging companies and traders make up a sizeable amount of the population. The population density of the region is about five people per km2, concentrated along the main Yokadouma-Moloundou road. The villages near Mouloundou are mostly homogeneous as there are few non-natives, mostly working as civil servants or traders.
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
's East Province
East Province (Cameroon)
The East Region occupies the southeastern portion of the Republic of Cameroon. It is bordered to the east by the Central African Republic, to the south by Congo, to the north by the Adamawa Region, and to the west by the Centre and South Regions...
. Mouloundou is close to Boumba Bek
Boumba Bek National Park
Boumba Bek National Park is a national park in extreme southeastern Cameroon, located in its East Province.-History:The park was never logged; according to the World Wildlife Fund's scientific advisor in the region, Paul Robinson Ngnegueu, "poaching is the biggest threat to Boumba Bek." This is a...
and Nki National Park
Nki National Park
Nki National Park is a national park in southeastern Cameroon, located in its East Province. The closest towns to Nki are Yokadouma, Moloundou and Lomie, beyond which are rural lands...
s on the Dja River
Dja River
The Dja River is a stream in west-central Africa. It forms part of Cameroon–Republic of Congo border and has a course of roughly 450 miles ....
. It has a mayor and several decentralised administrative services.
History
In the 1890s, Moloundou was "one of the richest rubber areas of Africa" and Germans established a rubber making plant here.Geography and climate
Mouloundou is situated roughly 280 km from the Cameroonian Republic of Congo border town of YokadoumaYokadouma
Yokadouma is a town in south eastern Cameroon, lying near the border with the Central African Republic. It is popular as a base for visiting the local rainforest....
. It is close to Boumba Bek
Boumba Bek National Park
Boumba Bek National Park is a national park in extreme southeastern Cameroon, located in its East Province.-History:The park was never logged; according to the World Wildlife Fund's scientific advisor in the region, Paul Robinson Ngnegueu, "poaching is the biggest threat to Boumba Bek." This is a...
and Nki National Park
Nki National Park
Nki National Park is a national park in southeastern Cameroon, located in its East Province. The closest towns to Nki are Yokadouma, Moloundou and Lomie, beyond which are rural lands...
s on the Dja River
Dja River
The Dja River is a stream in west-central Africa. It forms part of Cameroon–Republic of Congo border and has a course of roughly 450 miles ....
. The town has a tropical climate
Tropical climate
A tropical climate is a climate of the tropics. In the Köppen climate classification it is a non-arid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures above...
with temperature ranging from 23.1-25˚C with an average annual temperature of 24˚C. Its relative humidity varies between 60 to 90% while annual rainfall is 1500mm per year. According to the Cameroon Ministry of Agriculture, Moloundou has a rainy season from September to November, a dry season from November to March, a rainy season from March to June, and a dry season from July to August.
Demographics
The area around Mouloundou, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund, has a population of 22,882 people, mostly ethnic Bantus and, despite being named a minority in Cameroon's constitution of 18 January 1996, BakaBaka (Cameroon and Gabon)
The Baka, known in the Congo as Bayaka , are an ethnic group inhabiting the southeastern rainforests of Cameroon, northern Republic of Congo, northern Gabon, and southwestern Central African Republic. They are sometimes called a subgroup of the Twa, but the two peoples are not closely related...
Pygmies. These include the Djem, Bangando, Bakwele and Zime tribes. Non-indigenous employees of logging companies and traders make up a sizeable amount of the population. The population density of the region is about five people per km2, concentrated along the main Yokadouma-Moloundou road. The villages near Mouloundou are mostly homogeneous as there are few non-natives, mostly working as civil servants or traders.