Minim, Martap

Minim
Minim
Coordinates: CM 6°58′06″N 12°52′13″E / 6.9683°N 12.8702°E / 6.9683; 12.8702Coordinates: CM 6°58′06″N 12°52′13″E / 6.9683°N 12.8702°E / 6.9683; 12.8702
Country Cameroon
Region Adamawa
Department Vina
Commune Martap
Population (2005)[1]
  Total 432

Minim (or Minim II, or Menim) is a village in the commune of Martap, in the department of Vina, in the Adamawa Region, Cameroon. The village contains Cameroon's main source of bauxite.[2]

Population

In 1967, Minim contained 90 inhabitants, mostly from the Kaka ethnic group.[3] In the 2005 census, the settlement contained 432 people.[1]

Economy

Along with Ngaoundal, Minim is part of a large project to mine the bauxite of the Adamawa Plateau.[4][5] Covering an area of 1000 km2, the deposit represents an important component of the Adamawa plateau and the gentle slopes which surround it make it easy to access.[6] Studies of feasibility and environmental impact were carried out[6] and a mining development plan was completed in May 2016.[7] Financing for the construction of a facility for refining the bauxite into aluminium and for transport infrastructure is still outstanding.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 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. Marthe Effoudou, « Mines: Le potentiel de la bauxite camerounaise », Le Journal du Cameroun, 5 July 2012
  3. Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p.77.
  4. « Martap : Scènes de vies autour de la bauxite », Mutations, 16 January 2008
  5. « Grands projets miniers : Le lent décollage… - Bauxite de Minim, Martap et Ngaoundal : Infrastructures, le goulot d’étranglement », PRS/MC, 19 February 2015
  6. 1 2 Étude d'impact environnemental et social du projet d’exploitation des gisements de bauxite de Minim-Martap et Ngaoundal dans la Région de l'Adamaoua, République du Cameroun (Executive summary, Cameroon Alumina)
  7. « Le financement des infrastructures pour la Bauxite de Minim-Martap à prendre », Cameroon Tribune, 9 May 2016
  8. « Grands projets miniers : Le lent décollage... - Bauxite de Minim, Martap et Ngaoundal : Infrastructures, le goulot d’étranglement », PRS-MC, 19 February 2015

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