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The Best Attractions In Southwest Region

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The Southwest Region or South-West Region is a province of Cameroon. Its capital is Buea. As of 1987, its population was 838,042. Along with the Northwest Region, it is one of the two anglophone regions of Cameroon, and has long been a hotbed of separatist resentment against the perceived Francophone domination of the country. The region is divided into six divisions or departments: Fako, Koupé-Manengouba, Lebialem, Manyu, Meme, and Ndian. These are in turn broken down into subdivisions. Presidentially appointed senior divisional officers and subdivisional officers govern each respectively. The region was notable for having the first English-speaking ...
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The Best Attractions In Southwest Region

  • 1. Mount Cameroon Buea
    The Mount Cameroon Race of Hope is an annual, televised footrace held at Mount Cameroon in the Southwest Region of Cameroon in January or February. The 20th edition of the Guinness mount Cameroon race of hope was scheduled for February 14, 2015. The information was made public in a joint press conference granted by the president of the Cameroon Athletics federation, Emmanuel Motomby Mbome and the General manager of Guinness Cameroun, Baker Magunda. During the Press Conference it was made known that the mode of registration and price remain the same but there will be several innovations this year notably the Olympic flame that would go round the country prior to the race. The flame of hope will visit every qualifier race notably in Ngaoundere, then move to Batie, Bamenda, Yaounde, Douala, a...
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  • 2. Limbe Wildlife Centre Limbe
    Limbé is a seaside city in the South-West Region of Cameroon. Limbé was founded in 1858 on the southern slopes of Mount Cameroon by the British missionary Alfred Saker. At the 2005 Census, the population was 84,223.
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  • 4. Limbe Botanic Garden Limbe
    Limbé is a seaside city in the South-West Region of Cameroon. Limbé was founded in 1858 on the southern slopes of Mount Cameroon by the British missionary Alfred Saker. At the 2005 Census, the population was 84,223.
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  • 5. Korup National Park Korup National Park
    Korup National Park is in the Southwest Province of Cameroon and extends over 1,260 km2 of mostly undisturbed primary forest. It is reputedly one of Africa’s oldest and richest tropical forests in terms of floral and faunal diversity. It is the most accessible rainforest national park in Cameroon with basic lodging infrastructure and a large network of trails open to visitors. The park is a popular birdwatching destination and famous for primate viewing . Researchers from various disciplines have been conducting biological studies in Korup for over three decades, generating a wealth of information on rainforest ecosystems.
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  • 6. Bimbia Limbe
    Bimbia was an independent state of the Isubu people of Cameroon. In 1884, it was annexed by the Germans and incorporated in the colony of Kamerun. It lies in Southwest Region, to the south of Mount Cameroon and to the west of the Wouri estuary. Is situated at the East coast of the Limbé sub-division. Bimbia consists of three villages: Dikolo Bona Ngombe Bona BilleIn 1932, the population of Bimbia was about 2500 peoples. Bimbia was the first place whitemen, the Jamaican and English Baptist missionaries led by Rev. Alfred Saker set foot on the Cameroon shores in 1858, from Fernando Po. There, he built the first school and first Church. Later, he went to Victoria where he built the Ebenezer Baptist Church. The Bimbia man was the first person to go to Saker's school and the first to become Ch...
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