Neighbourhood
Ngoa-Ekélé
From Wikipedia
Ngoa Ekélé is a neighborhood in the Yaoundé III district of Yaoundé, Cameroon. It borders the neighborhoods of Olezoa to the south, Mvolyé to the west and Melen to the north. It is separated from the administrative center to the east by the Valley of Death or Nkol Nguet. The district is built on a ridge that culminates at 793 meters, it is the Plateau Atemengue.
Etymology
"Ngoa Ekélé" is an Ewondo expression composed of "Ngoag", the stone, the rock, the pebble, and "Ekélé" meaning "is hung". Literally "Ngoa Ekele" could mean "(The) Stone (is) perched", "(The) Stone (is) suspended", "(The) Stone (is) hung".
History
In 1911, during the German colonial period, a so-called indigenous customary court or "Tribunal de races" sat in this place and was presided over alternately by Joseph Atemengue (en) and Onambele Mbazoa. The decisions of this court were severe. Hanging over the heads of the defendants, they fell cleanly like a cleaver. "Ngoa Ekélé" would therefore refer to these court decisions as "stones perched" above the head of each defendant and ready to fall on it.
Population
The population of Ngoa Ekele is mostly students. The students come from the ten regions of Cameroon, the population of the district is cosmopolitan.
Institutions
Ngoa Ekélé is a student, political and military district.
Education
Panoramic view of some of the institutions in Ngoa Ekelle
Ngoa Ekelle Castle
Ngoa Ekélé has many schools and universities
Basic education
Departmental elementary school
Mobile Gendarmerie Primary School
Public nursery and elementary school of Plateau Atemengue
Secondary education
Government High School Ngoa Ekélé, former CES
Government technical college Ngoa Ekélé
General Leclerc High School
Higher education
National Institute of Youth and Sports (INJS)
University of Yaoundé I
National Post and Telecommunication and ICT College (SUP'PTIC)
Advanced School of Mass Communication (ASMAC)
Institute of Demographic Training and Research (IFORD)
Politics
Monument of the reunification.jpg
The headquarters of the National Assembly of Cameroon is located in Ngoa Ekélé. There is also the Monument of the reunification of Cameroon.
Military
The military stadium of Yaoundé (2500 seats)
The Military headquarters
Health
Yaounde University Hospital
Chantal Biya International Reference Center
This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.
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