Ambam

---

title: "Ambam" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-south-region-(cameroon)", "communes-of-cameroon", "cameroon–equatorial-guinea-border-crossings"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-south-region-cameroon" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambam" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Ambam
native_name
settlement_type	Commune and town
image_skyline	German building at Ambam.jpg
image_caption	German building now used as a school in Ambam
dot_x
pushpin_map	Cameroon
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Cameroon
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	[[File:Flag of Cameroon.svg
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	South Region
subdivision_type2	Department
subdivision_name2	Vallée-du-Ntem
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2005
population_total	41089
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	WAT
utc_offset	+1
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type
::

|official_name = Ambam |other_name = |native_name =
|nickname = |settlement_type = Commune and town |motto = |image_skyline = German building at Ambam.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption =German building now used as a school in Ambam |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Cameroon |pushpin_label_position =right |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Cameroon |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[File:Flag of Cameroon.svg|25px]] Cameroon |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = South Region |subdivision_type2 = Department |subdivision_name2 = Vallée-du-Ntem |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =
|leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =
|established_date = |established_title2 =
|established_date2 = |established_title3 =
|established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2005 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 41089 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | timezone = WAT | utc_offset = +1 |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type =
|postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes =

Ambam is a town and commune in the Vallée-du-Ntem department, South Province, Cameroon on the border with Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. This frontier town is located approximately 220 km from Yaoundé and as of 2005 had a population of 41,089. Traditionally, it has traded with its neighbouring countries across the border. The Fang are the main ethnic group.

History

This town was once occupied by the Germans under the nation of Kamerun. The Germans built several administrative buildings in Ambam as it was of strategic importance.

On 14 December 2000, the building proposal of a new road connecting Ambam to Eking on the Gabonese border was passed and signed on 2 February 2001. The building of the 27 kilometre road was funded by African Development Foundation (ADF) and the Government of Cameroon and was intended to improve socio-economic infrastructure and to improve the institutional capacities of the Ministries of Public Works (MINTP), Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF), and Environment and Protection of Nature (MINEP).

In June 2009, a workshop funded by the European Union and the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (CEMAC) met in Ambam to discuss the future of the plaintain and the banana industry in the region. In January 2010, the mayor of Ambam, Ela Jolinon Ekoto, was arrested and charged in Ebolowa for the embezzlement of 20 million CFA Francs of communal funds from the town hall.

Settlements

Meyo-Centre

Meyo-Centre is a village located in the rural commune of Ambam and whose clan is mainly Essambira. It is a crossroads village between Ambam and Ebolowa (capital of the southern province) and is located northwest of the town of Ambam. The N2 highway connects these two towns also from the main town of Ambam. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Une_piste_traversant_une_zone_d'exploitation_forestière_dans_le_village_Mekomo_(arrondissement_de_Meyo-Centre).jpg" caption="A track crossing a logging area in the village of Mekomo (district of Meyo-Center)"] ::

It consists of neighbourhoods, N'nam Okuin, Be Ndang, Efono, Mone N'nam Okuin, Onayong, Bikuan Ete Summer Mengomo and is limited by the northwest Ekoum Doum, Mfenadoum south.

There is a high school, a pharmacy, a clinic, an SAR, a primary school, Post Office and Telecommunications, and a shopping centre.

Other

Other settlements of note in the commune of Ambam include Ntem, Adjap, Aban-Minkoo and Mendjimi. Ambam has a bus station and is also connected by taxi to the small town of Aban-Minkoo and by road to Ebebiyin on the border with Gabon.

References

References

2. "Ambam-Eking Road". AFDB.
3. (July–August 2009). "Development of plantain and banana production". [[CARPE]].
4. (January 13, 2010). "Cameroun : Le maire d'Ambam destitué et interpellé". Camer.be.
5. West, Ben. (2008). "Bradt Cameroon". [[Bradt Travel Guides]].
6. Ham, Anthony. (2009). "West Africa". [[Lonely Planet]].

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::