Ebolowa
Ebolowa | |
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City | |
 Ebolowa in 2019 | |
  Ebolowa Location in Cameroon | |
| Coordinates: 2°55′N 11°9′E / 2.917°N 11.150°E | |
| Country |  Cameroon |
| Region | South |
| Department | Mvila |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,500 km2 (600 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 636 m (2,087 ft) |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 76,885 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Ebolowa is a city in Cameroon. It is the capital of the South Region and the Mvila department. Its economy is primarily agricultural, with cocoa bean being its main crop.
Economy
[edit]Agriculture
[edit]Agriculture is the primary industry of Ebolowa, with about 80% of the population working in the industry.[2] The city has a fruit tree nursey which grows and transports 2,500 seeds annually.[2]
Ebolowa's main crop is cocoa bean,[3] and in 2024, a planned Puratos cocoa factory in the city was announced, alongside one in Obala.[4] Another processing plant—composed of three buildings—was agreed upon between mayor André Thomas Bengon and Takaoka Nozomu, the Japanese ambassador to Cameroon. The agreement was sponsored by minister of commerce Luc Magloire Atangana Mbarga.[5]
On 13 November 2024, operation of a tractor manufacturing plant in Ebolowa was granted to Cameroon's National Center for Studies and Experimentation of Agricultural Machinery (Ceneema), a company that studies and adapts agricultural machinery. The deal was agreed upon by Ceneema executive Andrée Caroline Mélanie Ekotto Minkouna, and minister of finance Alamine Ousmane Mey, as well as receiving support from the Exim Bank of India.[6]
Bushmeat
[edit]Situated 60 kilometers east of Campo Ma'an National Park, Ebolowa is a center in the Cameroonian bushmeat trade.[7] Pangolin is often sold as bushmeat, with 10.3% of the city's residents said they eat pangolin at least once month in 2024, down from 2022, which was 14.1%.[8]
Logging
[edit]Illegal logging occurs in nearby forests.[9] There is a sawmill in Ebolowa which processed 5,000 cubic meters of lumber monthly. In 2016, Cameroon United Forests planned to acquire the sawmill.[10]
Transportation
[edit]Ebolowa is connected to Yaoundé with a 168-kilometer northward paved road, as well as another paced road running south through Ambam and into Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.[2] In 2025, the Cameroonian government planned to construct a road from Ebolowa to Kribi, costing an estimated CFA$137,000,000,000 and measuring 179 kilometers in length.[11]
It is served by Ebolowa Airport.[12]
Climate
[edit]Ebolowa has a borderline tropical savanna (Köppen Aw)/tropical monsoon climate (Am) with consistently very warm to hot temperatures, a short dry season in December and January, and two rainfall peaks in April and October.
| Climate data for Ebolowa (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.3 (84.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.4 (83.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.2 (68.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 31.1 (1.22) |
62.3 (2.45) |
158.1 (6.22) |
206.1 (8.11) |
197.8 (7.79) |
141.5 (5.57) |
60.8 (2.39) |
115.5 (4.55) |
215.3 (8.48) |
293.3 (11.55) |
167.4 (6.59) |
37.4 (1.47) |
1,686.6 (66.39) |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization[13] | |||||||||||||
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Saylors, Karen E.; Mouiche, Moctar M.; Lucas, Ashley; McIver, David J.; Matsida, Annie; Clary, Catherine; Maptue, Victorine T.; Euren, Jason D.; LeBreton, Matthew; Tamoufe, Ubald (January 2021). "Market characteristics and zoonotic disease risk perception in Cameroon bushmeat markets". Social Science & Medicine. 268: 113358. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113358. PMID 32992090.
- ^ a b c "Ebolowa". afrifoodlinks. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
- ^ Slash-and-burn agriculture: the search for alternatives. New York: Columbia University Press. 2005. p. 308. ISBN 0-231-13451-7.
- ^ "Cameroon Welcomes Two New Cocoa Processing Plants". Business in Cameroon. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
- ^ "Japan to support the construction of a processing plant in Ebowola". Business in Cameroon. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ "Ceneema Takes Over Ebolowa Tractor Plant to Boost Agriculture". Business in Cameroon. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ "Conservation-friendly livelihoods limit illegal bushmeat trade | African Wildlife Foundation". www.awf.org. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ Beck, Kaylyn (2024-05-14). "Pangolin Meat Consumption Falls in Cameroon as Support for Protection Rises". WildAid. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ "Unauthorized logging in the Ebolowa I, Ebolowa II and Akom II communal forest – CIDT". Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ admin (2016-10-30). "Major acquisitions at the Ebolowa sawmill". CAMEROON UNITED FORESTS. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ "Cameroon Plans to Build 754 km of Paved Roads in 2025". Business in Cameroon. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ "Airport record for Ebolowa Airport". Landings.com. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ "World Weather Information Service". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
External links
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