Bankim
Sign in to saveBankim, '''M'Bankim, Bamkin or Kimi''' is a town and commune of the division Mayo-Banyo in Adamaoua in Cameroon. It is about 95 km from Foumban and 125 km from Banyo The area's vegetation is of shrub savanna type.
Key facts
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.official_name
- Bankim
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cameroon
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Cameroon
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Adamawa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mayo-Banyo
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Sub-division
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Bamkin
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_note
- not estimated
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Bankim, '''M'Bankim, Bamkin or Kimi''' is a town and commune of the division Mayo-Banyo in Adamaoua in Cameroon. It is about 95 km from Foumban and 125 km from Banyo The area's vegetation is of shrub savanna type.
== History == Bankim is said to have been founded in 1395 by the local chief Kimi who founded the Tikar kingdom. Eldridge Mohammadou has given a date of 1760 to 1780 as the foundation date for the chiefdom.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bankim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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