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In the IANA time zone database, Cameroon is given one zone in the file zone.tab – Africa/Douala."CM" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.Data for Cameroon directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself: [4]
The German corvette SMS Olga at the bombardment of Hickorytown, Cameroon (today Douala) on December 21, 1884. The first Europeans to visit the area were the Portuguese in about 1472. At the time, the estuary of Wouri River was known as the Rio dos Camarões (Shrimp River).
The 23rd African Championships in Athletics was held in Douala, Cameroon from 21 to 26 June 2024, at the Japoma Stadium Sports Complex. This was the second time the event took place in Cameroon, after they previously hosted the event in 1996. Over 800 athletes from 49 African countries competed at the championships. [1]
The Palace of King Bell situated in Douala is a building constructed in 1905 by the Germans for King Auguste Manga Ndumbe (King Bell). The building is also known as La Pagode; this name comes from the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline, who remained in Douala in 1916–17, who calls it such in his famous novel Voyage au bout de la nuit (Journey to the End of the Night).
The Japoma Stadium is a 50,000-capacity all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Douala, Cameroon.It is part of a sports complex that also consists of an indoor arena for basketball, handball, futsal and volleyball, tennis courts and an 8-lane Olympic-size swimming pool, as well as conference and commercial centres, a hotel and a parking lot.
1911 - The railway line Douala-Edea is inaugurated; 1913 Eseka-Douala railway constructed. [5] The German urban plan is implemented by moving the population to New Deido, New Akwa and New Bell and by creating a 1 km Freie Zone to separate those areas from the European city. 1914 September: British forces in Douala. [6] [7] New Bell established. [8]
Gunmen in Cameroon killed a local mayor and two others in the restive North West region as the nation observed its National Day on Monday, the regional governor said, the second ambush in two ...
The villa Mandessi Bell situated at Douala is a building constructed between 1904 and 1909 by David Mandessi-Bell a rich farmer and commissioner of the king Rudolf Manga Bell. This building is and architecture from the colonial period. It is a representation and legacy of the German occupation in Cameroon.