Official Name: | Mvolyé |
Pushpin Map: | Cameroon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cameroon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cameroon |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Centre |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 3.8333°N 41°W |
Mvolyé or Mvolye is a neighbourhood of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Around 1900, during Cameroon's colonial period, the site was part of the lands ruled by Karl Atangana. Atangana donated part of the area to the German Pallottine Fathers, a Roman Catholic missionary group. The Ewondo people had previously been unable to settle it due to a large rock there. The Fathers built a permanent mission, which opened Central and Eastern Cameroon to Christianisation. Atangana remained chief of the area.
The basilica is located at the southern exit of Yaoundé on the hill of Mvolyé.