Official Name: | Babessi |
Pushpin Map: | Cameroon |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cameroon |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Northwest |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Ngo-Ketunjia |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Note: | (Census) |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 26802 |
Timezone: | WAT |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 6.0333°N 10.5792°W |
Babessi is one of the four villages that make up the Babessi Sub-Division, and the Babessi Sub-Division is one of three sub-divisions of Ngoketunjia Division of the North West Region of Cameroon with a population of 26,802.
The vegetation is savannah type with short stunted trees, palm trees, raffia palms, eucalyptus, kola and Pygeum africanum. They are of economic value to the inhabitants who used them for construction, fuel, food and as medicine. Some of these medicinal plants are even exported.[2]
In 2012, floods rendered some over 26 families homeless.[3]