Melong, Cameroon

Melong, Cameroon
Location in Cameroon
Coordinates: 5°7′16″N 9°57′10″E / 5.12111°N 9.95278°E / 5.12111; 9.95278Coordinates: 5°7′16″N 9°57′10″E / 5.12111°N 9.95278°E / 5.12111; 9.95278
Country Cameroon
Region Littoral
Department Moungo
Elevation 790 m (2,590 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 71,189

Melong is a community in Cameroon. It lies on the N5 road to the north of Nkongsamba.

The soil is volcanic and fertile. The country around Melong was once covered by thick rainforest, but migration of Bamileke people into the region has caused much of this to be cleared for farming.[1] Due to cultivation, the volcanic andosols are gradually evolving into ferralsols.[2]

In 1936 the Bishop Paul Bouque transferred the junior seminary to Melong. The first candidates from this seminary were accepted by the senior seminary at Mvolyé in 1940.[3] Albert Ndongmo was admitted to the seminary at Melong in September 1940. He was to go on to become Bishop of Nkongsamba.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Kalu 2004, p. 217.
  2. ↑ Yerima & Van Ranst 205, p. 208.
  3. ↑ Messina & Slageren 2005, p. 205.
  4. ↑ Messina & Slageren 2005, p. 375.

Sources

  • Kalu, Kelechi Amihe (2004). Agenda Setting and Public Policy in Africa. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-3708-0. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  • Messina, Jean-Paul; Slageren, Jaap Van (2005). Histoire du christianisme au Cameroun: des origines à nos jours : approche oecuménique (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-84586-687-4. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  • Yerima, Bernard P.K.; Van Ranst, E. (2005). Major Soil Classification Systems Used in the Tropics:: Soils of Cameroon. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4120-5789-9. Retrieved 2012-07-30.


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