People
Manyu County
The people of Manyu share common borders with Nigerians in the West, the Widikum people to the North-East, Nweh and Mundani people to the East and the Mbo people to the South-West. Mamfe is the Headquarter of Manyu County and the total land area occupy approximately 65,488 square kilometers in the four subdivisions of Mamfe Central, Akwaya, Eyumojock and Upper Bayang of the South West Region of Ambazonia.
The indigenes of the Mamfe Council area are the Bayangs. Generally, there is a mixture of several Cameroonian tribes that inhabit the Mamfe council area, but the domineering tribes include the Anyangs, Keyangs and tribes from the Northern Zone (Bali, Banso, Widikum). Most of these people moved into this area to practice farming attracted by the fertile soil. They contribute highly to the agricultural output of some of the villages and most have intermarried and interact in many social and economic activities.
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Manyu county covers an area of 9,565 km² and as of 2001 had a total population of 177,389. The capital of the County is Mamfe. The County is divided administratively into 4 sub-divisions and in every sub-division there are villages.
The region that is referred to Manyu County today is an area found in the south-western portion of Ambazonia’s equatorial rainforest region, precisely in the cross river region along the Ambazonia – Nigeria border. It is located in the Midland State whose capital is Mamfe. Manyu has the largest surface area of the nations’ fourteen counties. It is the 8th most populated and hence the 2nd least densely populated. Manyu is also the second most populous of the Midland States.
RESOURCES
There is high exploitation of timber and NTFPs including wild life within Mamfe municipality but no data on the quantities exploited in the municipality is available. They are exploited for home use and a substantial quantity is illegally exploited for commercial purposes to Nigeria and other areas within Cameroon. Timber and NTFP including wildlife (bush meat) provides income, employment and serves as food source to a good number of people in Mamfe municipality. Unlike two of its neighboring councils, the Mamfe council does not have a timber exploiting company in its municipality, but due to the transit nature of the municipality, timber and other forest products are transported through the municipality. Mineral deposits(Crude oil, salt and bauxite) exist in some areas of the municipality, most of which are not exploited. The municipality is endowed with a lot of quarries which is highly exploited, unfortunately about 50% of the exploiters are illegal.
ECONOMY
The primary sector defined by natural resource management activities such as agricultural, animal rearing, fishing and forest exploitation. The secondary sector is defined by mining and industrial activities. The tertiary sector is characterized by the production of service such as transportation and banking. Toll is collected during the transportation process.
