Wangou

Wangou
Wangou
Country	Cameroon
Region	Adamawa
Department	Mbéré

Last updated April 22, 2019

Wangou is a village in the commune of Djohong in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon.

The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province.

Djohong is a town and commune in Cameroon.

The Adamawa Region is a constituent region of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the Centre and East regions to the south, the Northwest and West regions to the southwest, Nigeria to the west, the Central African Republic (CAR) to the east, and the North Region to the north.

Climate

The climate of Wangou is temperate like most of the villages in the Adamawa Region, as a result of the landscape of small hills covered with savannah.

Administration

Wangou is administered by a traditional chief of the 3rd degree. The main political parties are the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement and the Social Democratic Front.

Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement political party; name adopted by the Union Nationale Camerounaise in 1985.

The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement is the ruling political party in Cameroon. Previously known as the Cameroonian National Union, which had dominated Cameroon politics since independence in 1960, it was renamed in 1985. The National President of the CPDM is Paul Biya, the President of Cameroon, while the Secretary-General of the RDPC's Central Committee is Jean Nkuete.

Social Democratic Front (Cameroon) political party

The Social Democratic Front is the main opposition party of Cameroon. It is led by Ni John Fru Ndi and receives significant support from the Anglophone regions of the western part of the country.

Demographics

The population of Wangou consists of Gbaya people, who are Catholic and Lutheran.

The Gbaya, also Gbeya or Baya, are a people of western region of Central African Republic, east-central Cameroon, the north of the Republic of Congo, and the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Numbering about 970,000 by the late 1800s, they originated in northern Nigeria. The Gbaya were known for their strong resistance to the French and slavery, and revolted against them for three years starting in 1928 when they were conscripted to work on the Congo-Ocean railway.

The traditional dance of the Gbaya is practiced at many ceremonies and Gbaya is the main spoken language.

The Gbaya languages, also known as Gbaya–Manza–Ngbaka, are a family of perhaps a dozen languages spoken mainly in the western Central African Republic and across the border in Cameroon, with one language (Ngbaka) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a few small languages in the Republic of the Congo. Many of the languages go by the ethnic name Gbaya, though the largest, with over a million speakers, is called Ngbaka, a name shared with the Ngbaka languages of the Ubangian family.

Marriages are accompanied by a dowry,^[1] which is carried out by the contribution of a sum of local oney (100 CFA francs) and an arrow-head from the prospective husband to the bride's grandfather.

The CFA franc is the name of two currencies, the West African CFA franc, used in eight West African countries, and the Central African CFA franc, used in six Central African countries. Both currencies are guaranteed by the French treasury. Although separate, the two CFA franc currencies have always been at parity and are effectively interchangeable. The ISO currency codes are XAF for the Central African CFA franc and XOF for the West African CFA franc.

Economy

The economy is based on the sale of agricultural products (maize, yams, manioc). Transport is by automobile or foot, depending on the route.

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References

↑ Bayala, Florence. "La dot, un élément déterminant dans le mariage traditionnel en Afrique" . Retrieved 2016-07-31.

External links

Djohong, on the website Communes et villes unies du Cameroun (CVUC)

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[1] Bayala, Florence. "La dot, un élément déterminant dans le mariage traditionnel en Afrique" . Retrieved 2016-07-31.