Dankali is a village in the commune of Meiganga in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon, near the border with the Central African Republic.

Dankali
Dankali is located in Cameroon
Dankali
Dankali
Coordinates: 6°14′N 14°09′E / 6.24°N 14.15°E / 6.24; 14.15
CountryCameroon Cameroon
RegionAdamawa
DepartmentMbéré
Population
 (2005)[1]
 • Total620

Population edit

In 1967, Dankali contained 683 inhabitants, mostly Gbaya people.[2]

At the time of the 2005 census, there were 620 people in the village.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p. 14

Bibliography edit

  • Jean Boutrais, 1993, Peuples et cultures de l'Adamaoua (Cameroun) : actes du colloque de Ngaoundéré du 14 au 16 janvier 1992, Éd. de l'ORSTOM, Paris
  • 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

  • Meiganga, on the website Communes et villes unies du Cameroun (CVUC)