Gangkombol Explained
| Gangkombol |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Cameroon  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mbéré |
| Subdivision Type3: | arrondissement |
| Coordinates: | 6.2667°N 14.3667°W |
| Elevation M: | 1020 |
| Pushpin Map: | Cameroon |
| Pushpin Relief: | y |
| Population Total: | 1048 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Gangkombol (also Gankobol, Gankombol, Gankoumbol, Gaukumbal, Gaukoumboum, Gamkoumbon) is a village in the commune of Meiganga in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon, near the border with the Central African Republic.
Population
In 1967, Gangkombol contained 468 inhabitants, mostly Gbaya people[2]
At the time of the 2005 census, there were 1048 people in the village.[1]
Bibliography
- Jean Boutrais, Peuples et cultures de l'Adamaoua (Cameroun) : actes du colloque de Ngaoundéré du 14 au 16 janvier 1992, Éd. de l'ORSTOM, Paris, 1993
- Philip Burnham, Opportunity and constraint in a savanna society : the Gbaya people of Meiganga, Cameroon, Academic Press, London, New York, 1980, 324 p.
- Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, 133 p.
External links
- Meiganga, on the website Communes et villes unies du Cameroun (CVUC)
Notes and References
- Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat (3e RGPH, 2005), Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP), 2010.
- http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers08-01/02891.pdf Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua
