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Buea
Town and commune
Buea from the foot of Mount Cameroon
Buea
Coordinates: 4°10′0″N 9°14′0″E / 4.16667°N 9.23333°E / 4.16667; 9.23333
Country	Cameroon
Region	Southwest Region
Division	Fako
Elevation	870 m (2,850 ft)
Population
• Total	about 300,000
Climate	Cfb

Buea is the capital of the Southwest Region of Cameroon. The city is located in Fako Division, on the eastern slopes of Mount Cameroon, and has a population of 300,000 (at the 2013 Census). It has two Government Hotels, the Mountain Hotel and Parliamentarian Flats Hotel located around The Government Residential Area. The self-declared state of Ambazonia claims the city as its capital.

History

Buea, originally "bue", was founded by a hunter who came from the Bomboko area. Coming from the Bomboko side of the mountain, he named the new-found land in amazement as "a Bue", meaning literally a "son of bué". A prominent King of the tikar clashes with German troops during invasion. Resistance remain popular folklore; currently ruled by the Endeleys. Tea growing is an important local industry, especially in Tole. Buea was the colonial capital of German Kamerun from 1901 to 1919, the capital of the Southern Cameroons from 1949 until 1961 and the capital of West Cameroon until 1972, when Ahmadou Ahidjo abolished the Federation of Cameroon. The German colonial administration in Buea was temporarily suspended during the eruption of Mount Cameroon from 28 April until June 1909. Originally, Buea's population consisted mainly of the Bakweri people. However, owing to its status as a university town and the regional capital, there are significant numbers of other ethnic groups.

Ambazonian secession

In September 2017, the Federal Republic of Ambazonia declared its independence from Cameroon, with Buea as its claimed capital. In late-June 2018, the Ambazonia Defence Forces began approaching Buea, and on 29 June they invaded the Mile 16 neighborhood. On 1 July, separatists invaded the Muea neighborhood and battled Cameroonian troops.

Notable institutions

Buea hosts the University of Buea, Cameroon's first anglophone university. It is the site of several other higher institutes of learning, including St Francis Schools of Nursing and Midwifery presently known as Biaka University Institute of Buea (BUIB) and one of Cameroon's three Catholic universities.

A handful of colonial era buildings are surviving, notably the palatial former residence of the German governor Jesko von Puttkamer. Other German colonial buildings are still standing, but some of them suffer from lack of maintenance and old age.

The Nigerian Consulate in anglophone Cameroon and the main operational hub of the Naigahelp medical aid organisation are in Buea.

Buea hosts an annex of the National Archives of Cameroon, whose main location is Yaoundé. Next door to the annex is the Cameroon Press Photo Archive, which has been permanently closed since 2001.

Geography

About 300,000 people live in Buea (including the villages of Bokwaongo, Muea; Bomaka; Tole; Mile 16 (Bolifamba); Mile 17; Mile 15; Mile 14 (Dibanda); Bova; Bonjongo; Likombe; Buasa; Great Soppo; Molyko; Small Soppo; Bwitingi; Mile 18 (Wonyamavio); Lower farms; Bokwai; Bonduma; Sandpit, Wonyamongo, Bulu; Bokova and surrounding villages).

Climate

Buea has a subtropical highland climate (Cfb) closely bordering on a tropical rainforest climate (Af). Because of its location at the foot of Mount Cameroon, the climate in Buea tends to be humid, with the neighbourhoods at higher elevations enjoying cooler temperatures while the lower neighbourhoods experience a hotter climate. Extended periods of rainfall, characterized by incessant drizzle, which can last for weeks, are common during the rainy season as are damp fogs, rolling off the mountain into the town below.

Transport

Limbe was served by a 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge plantation railway to Limbe, of the West African Planting Society Victoria.

Gallery

• Bismarck Fountain
• Buea Reunification Monument
• Our Lady of Grace Gretto, Sasse-Buea
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• Old German Tombs in Buea
• Old German Post Office
• Mount Cameroon
• Holy Spirit Fountain, Sasse-Buea
• Holy Family Chapel, Sasse-Buea

Notable people

• Julius Akosah
• Daphne (born 1986), singer

See also

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Buéa

References

1. ^ Helders, Stefan. "Buéa". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
2. ADC Lands Ground Troops in Southern Cameroons, Declares War on LRC, Cameroon Journal, 10 September 2017. Accessed 19 April 2018.
3. Panic grips Buea as soldiers battle separatists, Journal du Cameroun, 29 June 2018. Accessed 29 June 2018.
4. Muea in lockdown as soldiers battle separatists, Journal du Cameroun, 1 July 2018. Accessed 2 July 2018.
5. Nsah, Solomon Kekeisen (June 2017). "The Cameroon Press Photo Archive (CPPA) Buea in Crisis 1955-2016". Vestiges: Traces of Record. 3 (1): 65–81. ISSN 2058-1963. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
6. "Climate Buea". Climate Data. 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
7. http://www.gouverneur-ebermaier.de/english/narrow_gauge_railways.htm

External links

• Mount Cameroon Inter-communal Ecotourism Board - formerly known as Mount Cameroon Ecotourism Organisation, abbreviated as Mount CEO

v t e Communes of Southwest Region, Cameroon
Fako	Buea Limbe bé I Limbe bé II Limbe bé III Muyuka Tiko West Coast
Koupé-Manengouba	Bangem Tombel Nguti
Lebialem	Alou Menji Wabane
Manyu	Akwaya Eyumojock Upper Bayang Mamfe Central
Meme	Konye Kumba I Kumba II Kumba III Mbonge
Ndian	Bamusso Dikome-Balue Ekondo-Titi Idabato Isanguele Kombo-Abedimo Kombo-Itindi Mundemba Toko

• Buea
• Communes of Cameroon
• Mount Cameroon
• Ambazonia
• Former colonial capitals
• Communes of Southwest Region (Cameroon)