Official Name: | Banyo |
Pushpin Map: | Cameroon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cameroon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cameroon |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Adamawa Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Mayo-Banyo |
Coordinates: | 6.78°N 11.82°W |
Elevation M: | 1259 |
Banyo (Fula: Banyo) is a town and commune in Adamawa Province, Cameroon. It is located at around 6.78°N 11.82°W, and is predominantly Muslim. Though a government prefect serves in the town, the lamido still holds great sway among the population. The current lamido, S. E. Mohaman Gabdo Yahya, has written his own history (2009). The geographer Jean Hurault has published on the demography of the area, and summarized some of the history in his 1955 work (see references below). In the nineteenth century, Banyo separated from Koncha and Tibati (see Adama, H. & T. M. Bah 2001).
Banyo has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from November to March and moderate to heavy rainfall from April to October.