Boybaya (also Boy Baya) is a village in the commune of Dir in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon.
Boybaya | |
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Coordinates: 6°13′N 13°17′E / 6.22°N 13.29°E | |
Country | Cameroon ![]() |
Region | Adamawa |
Department | Mbéré |
Population (2005)[1] | |
• Total | 986 |
Population
editIn 1967, Boybaya contained 216 inhabitants, mostly Gbaya people and Wodaabe[2]
In the 2005 census, 986 people were counted there.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p. 13
Bibliography
edit- 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. ISBN 0-12-146060-6
- Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, 133 p.
External links
edit- Dir Archived 2016-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, on the website Communes et villes unies du Cameroun (CVUC)