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Place in Adamawa, Cameroon
Minim
Minim is located in CameroonMinimMinim
Coordinates: 6°58′06″N 12°52′13″E / 6.9683°N 12.8702°E / 6.9683; 12.8702
CountryCameroon
RegionAdamawa
DepartmentVina
CommuneMartap
Population
 • Total432

Minim (or Minim II, or Menim) is a village in the commune of Martap, in the department of Vina, in the Adamawa Region, Cameroon. The village contains Cameroon's main source of bauxite.

Population

In 1967, Minim contained 90 inhabitants, mostly from the Kaka ethnic group. In the 2005 census, the settlement contained 432 people.

Economy

See also: Minim Martap mine

Along with Ngaoundal, Minim is part of a large project to mine the bauxite of the Adamawa Plateau. Covering an area of 1000 km, the deposit represents an important component of the Adamawa plateau and the gentle slopes which surround it make it easy to access. Studies of feasibility and environmental impact were carried out and a mining development plan was completed in May 2016. Financing for the construction of a facility for refining the bauxite into aluminium and for transport infrastructure is still outstanding.

The metre gauge railway line and many of its bridges are being upgraded.

References

  1. ^ Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat (3 RGPH, 2005), Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP), 2010.
  2. Marthe Effoudou, « Mines: Le potentiel de la bauxite camerounaise », Le Journal du Cameroun, 5 July 2012 Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p.77.
  4. « Martap : Scènes de vies autour de la bauxite », Mutations, 16 January 2008 Archived 2016-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. « Grands projets miniers : Le lent décollage… - Bauxite de Minim, Martap et Ngaoundal : Infrastructures, le goulot d’étranglement », PRS/MC, 19 February 2015 Archived 2016-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Étude d'impact environnemental et social du projet d’exploitation des gisements de bauxite de Minim-Martap et Ngaoundal dans la Région de l'Adamaoua, République du Cameroun (Executive summary, Cameroon Alumina)
  7. « Le financement des infrastructures pour la Bauxite de Minim-Martap à prendre », Cameroon Tribune, 9 May 2016
  8. « Grands projets miniers : Le lent décollage... - Bauxite de Minim, Martap et Ngaoundal : Infrastructures, le goulot d’étranglement », PRS-MC, 19 February 2015 Archived 2016-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Canyon Resources

Bibliography

  • S.-M. Eno Belinga [fr] & François Desthieux, « Histoire géologique de Minim-Martap et du Ngaoundal », Annales de la Faculté des Sciences du Cameroun 5, pp. 27–32
  • Jean Boutrais (ed.), Peuples et cultures de l'Adamaoua (Cameroun) : actes du colloque de Ngaoundéré, du 14 au 16 janvier 1992, ORSTOM, Paris ; Ngaoundéré-Anthropos, 1993, 316 p. ISBN 2-7099-1167-1
  • Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, octobre 1974, 133 p.

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