People

The capital of the county lies at Bangem. The Kupe Muanenguba County is divided administratively into 3 subdivisions and in turn into villages

• Bangem
  • Consists of Ninety–three (93) towns/villages belonging to Eight clans
    • Bangem
    • Bajoh
    • Nninong
    • Muambong
    • Nhia
    • Elung
    • Ebamut
    • Muatan clans
• Tombel
  • The are 72 towns/villages within Tombel Local Government Area with the following five main towns:
    • Tombel town
    • Nyasoso
    • Ebonji
    • Etam
    • Ngusi
    • Nyandon
• Nguti
  • There are 74 towns/villages and four main clans in the Nguti Local Government Area. These include
    
    • The Upper Balong
    • The Mbo
• • • The Basossi
    • The Bakossi
    • Of these 74 towns/villages in the Nguti LGA
    • 26 are the Mbo
    • Of the remaining 28 villlages; the Upper Balongs (8 villages)
    • The Basossis (11 villages)
    • The Bakossis (9 villages)
    • These ethnic groups are further divided into Nine (9) clans. These include:[1] The Upper Balong; [2] The Bebum; [3] The Basossi; [4] The Ngemengoe; [5] The Aboh Agoe ; [6] The lower mbo, [7] The Bangue; [8] the Nkongho Mbeng; [9] The Upper Nkongho.

RELIEF

The altitude ranges from 200 to 2,396 meters above sea level. The area has two outstanding mountains, namely, Mount Kupe (2,050meters) and Mount Muanenguba (2,396 meters). These mountains are of volcanic origin. In fact, they are extinct volcanoes. The slopes of these mountains are made up of mainly fertile volcanic soils, which are good for the cultivation of a wide range of crops, and sustain a high dense tropical forest rich in both flora and fauna.

Generally, the Kupe Muanenguba County is of low gradient, punctuated with a few ridges and hills, whose valleys had been deepened by run-off. The three local government areas are drained by a few rivers, with River Mungo being the biggest and longest. There are a number of crater lakes, including the Muanenguba twin lakes and, Lake Bermin, which are a very significant tourist attraction.

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

The Kupe Muanenguba County, like most areas in the country, has two distinct seasons: the dry season, which runs from November to March, and the rainy season, which stretches from April to October. The rainfall is high, with a yearly average of about 3,000 mm, spread over an average of over 150 rainy days. The maximum temperature is about 30oC and the Minimum is about 10oC on the slopes of Mount Kupe and up in the tiwn lakes of Muanenguba. The climate is warm in the lower altitude areas of Tombel and some parts of Bangem, while in the Nguti part, Manyemen and Nguti is warm. Mbetta, Elumba Court Yard are cold and Manyemen and Nguti are warmer. In high-altitude areas such as Nyasoso in Tombel local government area and most of Bangem local government down to Ekanjoh Bajoh and in Nguti local government area, Mbetta, Elumba Court Yard are generally cold. These climatic variations create a favourable environment for growing a wide range of crops and rearing almost all types of domestic animals.

The Kupe Muanenguba County is dominated by dense equatorial forest. There is still a large amount of virgin forest mostly on the slopes of Mount Kupe in Tombel LGA, and the Bajoh clan in Bangem LGA and the Mbo clan in the Nguti LGA. Most of the forests are protected as reserves, such as the Mount Kupe, Etam and Ekanjo Bajoh–Epen and the Mbayang Mbo forest reserves.

Some parts of the forests have been transformed into industrial plantations and small-scale farms. The Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) of operates the biggest agricultural plantation complex in the area, occupying vast expanses of land. There is extensive timber exploitation from these forests by logging companies. As a result, a timber processing company was established in Etam, but it was recently moved to La République du Cameroun. Despite the intensive logging, Kupe Muanenguba County still has a huge potential for timber exploitation.