Mvolyé Explained

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.

Local culture and heritage

Places and monuments

Basilica Mary Queen of the Apostles of Mvolyé

The basilica is located at the southern exit of Yaoundé on the hill of Mvolyé.

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