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CREATION & HISTORY

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HISTORY & CREATION

Date of creation: 2007 by Decree No. 2007/117 of April 24, 2007. The headquarters of the sub-division is BIMBIA.

Limbe III Council : The information you provided regarding the territorial scope and the historical context refers to Limbe III Sub-Divisional Council in Cameroon. 📌 Key Facts Characteristic Detail Region South-West Division Fako Urban Community Limbe (one of three councils: Limbe I, II, and III) Headquarters (Chef-lieu) Bimbia CreationApril 2007 (Decree No. 2007/117 of April 24, 2007) 2005 Population 8,254 inhabitants Area$112.5 \text { km}^2$ Territorial Scope (Villages and Quarters)The jurisdiction of the sub-division is identical to that of the council and covers the following villages and quarters: Islands and Quarters: Îles Bonjo, Mabeta, Kange, Mbomo I, Mbomo II, Ijaw Mboko I, and Ijaw Mboko II.Villages: Ijaw Mabeta, Dikolo, Man Owar Bay, Banabile, Banangombe, Chopfarm, CDC Camp I and Camp II, and Mondoli Island.

Historical ContextLocation: The coastal council lies south of Limbe I, situated on the Biafra Gulf.

Its territory extends over the Bimbia River and the mangrove coast of the Cameroon estuary.

Coastline: Notable geographical features include Cape Nachtigal, the Man’O War Bay, and Cape Bimbia.

Bimbia: This locality is a significant historic slave trade site on the Gulf of Guinea, active from the 17th to the 19th century.

Remnants of this era are still visible in the Bimbia Bonadikombo forest.

Land Sale: On August 6, 1862, King William I of Bimbia (of the Isubu people) sold a district that would become Victoria (present-day Limbe) to the English Baptist missionary Alfred Saker.