Fontem Explained

Official Name:	Fontem
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Cameroon
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Cameroon
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Cameroon
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	South West Region
Subdivision Type2:	Department
Subdivision Name2:	Lebialem
Timezone:	WAT
Utc Offset:	+1
Coordinates:	5.4667°N 62°W

Fontem is a sub division in the Lebialem division of Cameroon. Consisting of three Fondoms, Lebang, the biggest, Essoh Etah and Fotabong III. Its headquarters are at Menji, they are located in the South West Region, and are west of Dschang and Bafoussam.

Culture

Fontem and the surrounding areas are home to the Bangwa people^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} (one of the Lebialem tribes).

Medicine

It is the site of Mary Health of Africa Mission Hospital. Mary Health of Africa Hospital is a 120-bed hospital that also has an extensive outpatient service and runs a dispensary in nearby Fonjumetaw. It specializes in treating infectious tropical conditions, especially malaria, sleeping sickness, TB, typhoid fever, and HIV.^[6]

Education

Fontem is home to several primary and secondary schools.

• Government Bilingual High School (GBHS), Fontem
• Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College
• Government high school Fontem
• Government secondary Lekong
• Government secondary school Nwehchen
• Government technical high school Fontem
• Government technical college Fonge

Notes and References

1. Web site: The BANGWA Tribal Area.
2. Web site: THE BANGWA OF WEST CAMEROON.
3. Web site: Bangwa (Western Bamileke) .
4. Web site: bangwa.
5. Web site: Nweh.
6. Web site: Mary Health of Africa hospital Fontem.. 2016-06-30. 2018-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20181117040319/http://focolare-fontem.org/work/the-hospital. dead.