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office and government officials do occasionally make stops in the region to address such issues, but their message is often simply an excuse for why such improvements would be detrimental to the region. For example, they often argue that paved roads would only allow the forests upon which the region depends to be cut down at an even faster rate.
430:, which drain portions of the southeast and form the border with the Central African Republic and Congo respectively. Many of these rivers have carved out valleys that surround them. The rivers of the territory have only slight gradients, and floods can occur along them during the rainy season. The Lom and Nyong rivers eventually empty into the
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1026:, in recent times, the Baka have established trade with their Bantu neighbours, exchanging wild game for crops or metal tools. This relationship is not always equal, however, and Bantu sometimes take advantage of the Baka, exploiting them for labour or ceding their territory to logging companies without compensation.
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1725:, however, who first gained formal control over the area, establishing the eastern border through negotiations with France between 1885 and 1908. Ironically, the earliest German colonists to the eastern forests were largely entering unknown territory. The Germans set to work building roads and establishing
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Cameroonian politicians have traditionally ignored the East. The region is simply too underpopulated to have much influence in countrywide elections. Eastern residents have in recent years called for more infrastructure improvements from the government, especially the paving of roads. Candidates for
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in 1916, Germany was forced to cede its colony to France. The French divided
Cameroon into nine administrative areas, and most of what is now the East Province fell into the Doumé-Loume-Yokadouma district with its capital in Doumé. The French largely continued the colonial practices of the Germans,
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to find suitable trees. As a result, much of the logging that once took place in
Cameroon has been relocated to neighbouring countries such as Congo and the Central African Republic. The massive logging vehicles still travel through the East on their way to Cameroon's ports, and it is possible that
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are becoming much more common in modern times. Though most hunting is done on a small scale, larger-scale techniques are sometimes employed. In these bigger hunts, people set fire to areas of forest or grassland in order to flush out prey. Other hunters or dogs frighten the animals into running
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For its vast size, the East has very little transportation infrastructure. With the exception of a few private logging roads, travel through the province is only feasible along the three main roads that cover the territory. The first of these, National Road #10, heads east from Yaoundé, passes
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allows for high yields in the short term, but quickly exhausts the soil. Farms are thus moved every two to three years, and land must remain fallow for up to ten years once it has been drained in this way. With the East's low population density, however, this generally presents little problem.
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The
Cameroonian government has tried to encourage the Baka to establish permanent settlements, and some pygmy villages exist in the territory. Most of the Baka remain nomadic, however, living in temporary shelters of leaves and sticks. A much greater force acting to end the Baka's traditional
306:. With 109,002 km of territory, it is the largest region in the nation as well as the most sparsely populated. Historically, the peoples of the East have been settled in Cameroonian territory for longer than any other of the country's many ethnic groups, the first inhabitants being the
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on the Congo border. Another major road begins in Abong-Mbang and heads south through
Mindourou to Lomié. Neither of these roads is paved, causing travel conditions in most of the province to fluctuate with the seasons. The third major route through the province is a road from Bertoua to
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becomes the dominant soil component. While the region supports an abundance of plant life, it is not particularly fertile due to leaching caused by the humid environment. Eastern dirt hardens quickly in the sun, and it is often used as a building material by poorer inhabitants.
1195:, particularly in more rural areas. In fact, among the province's pygmies, these activities are carried out almost exclusively. While gathering of various wild plant species is primarily a female occupation, hunting is conducted by men with traditional implements such as
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are located in larger villages or in towns, meaning that students from more remote areas must walk long distances, stay with relatives, or rent rooms during the school year. In addition, school fees keep many families from sending their children for an education.
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are the most populous Ubangi group in the East, and they inhabit most of the Lom and Djerem division (including
Bertoua) and the northernmost third of the Kadey division along the Kadey River. They also have smaller population centres, including the village of
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Farms are mostly small-scale affairs planted in clearings in the forest. Farmers clear an area during the dry season using traditional implements such as axes and machetes. The area is then burned, with care taken to preserve fruit trees such as mangoes or
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The Adama-Ubangi peoples came into the territory as part of this same general migration, though they were usually the ones pushing the Bantu peoples further south. Gbaya tradition says that they moved into the region of
Bertoua under a leader named
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group who may be descendants of the pygmies mentioned in
Egyptian and Classical sources. The pygmies were followed by waves of migrating Bantus in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Maka stayed to occupy the territories surrounding what is now
780:(Fulbe) and various Bantu tribes that are collectively known as the Beti-Pahuin (BĂ©ti-Pahouin), the Fang-Beti, or simply the Fang. All of these groups speak various dialects of the Beti language. Most East Region peoples are considered
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of 200 to 500 metres in the extreme southeast centered on the Dja, Boumba, Sangha, and Ngoko Rivers. The land consists largely of monotonous, gently undulating hills known as "half-oranges" due to their resemblance to that fruit.
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along the few major roads that traverse the region. Along these routes, population density jumps to as high as 20/km and to 20-60/km on the
Bertoua-Batouri corridor. The traditional Bantu dwelling is a rectangular house made of
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Archaeological finds around
Batouri, Bertoua, and Bétaré-Oya attest to human presence in the territory of the East Province since prehistoric times. The earliest inhabitants of the region are commonly assumed to have been the
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Due to the remoteness of the region and the difficulty of travel within it, the East sees very few tourists. The area boasts huge tracts of relatively untouched rain forest, however, and non-governmental organisations such as
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epidemic. This largely stems from the region's position as a transportation network for logging vehicles. In addition to the transportation network, the construction of the Chad/Cameroon pipeline has fueled the increase of
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in
Cameroon have made healthcare more available in the region. Most hospitals and clinics are located in the larger towns, however, meaning that the seriously ill have little chance of getting to treatment in many cases.
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is grown in the plains north of Batouri. No large-scale commercial livestock exists in the East, though cattle from the northern regions of Cameroon are herded through the province on their way to market in
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and Abong-Mbang, and the Njem settled around present-day Mindourou and Lomié. The Kaka settled in the territory that is now Ndélélé. A later wave of immigration came in the 19th century when the
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with forced labor continuing into the early 20th century. They made further infrastructure improvements, as well, such as improving the road from Yaoundé to Bertoua and on to
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The rest of the region, that which is covered by thick forests and not serviced by roads, is inhabited by the Baka, Babaya, or Babinga pygmies. Though traditionally
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along these routes, with professional sex workers operating in virtually every town and village along the province's roads. Government estimates report the
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project to pave the way for camera-toting tourists to come within a few metres of the animals to see them in their natural environment. However, government
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without the logging industry, the East might never have got the little transportation network that exists there now. The East is also the home of several
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of less than five persons/km. This is mostly a result of the area's thick forests, which inhibit settlement and support disease-carrying insects such as
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The boundaries of the East Province were finalised after Cameroon gained independence in 1961. The capital was moved from Doumé to Bertoua in 1972.
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occupy most of the territory surrounding the Ndélélé-Yokadouma road and the side-roads off of it, as well as much of the border with the Congo. The
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south of Yokadouma, and the Kunbabeeg live west of this Mpo-Mpoman territory. All of these groups speak distinct, but closely related, languages.
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to more direct sunlight and allowing thick vegetation to thrive. The upper third of the province (beginning at about the latitude of Bertoua and
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first reached the coast of present Cameroon, European explorers made little attempt to push into the intererior. The region was a source of
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in other areas. Companies have since moved in to exploit these resources as well. Other industries have a much smaller presence, such as a
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beliefs are also followed by much of the population, often in conjunction with Christianity. The East also has a significant percentage of
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form the majority of this group and occupy much of the western territories on the border with the Centre Region, including the towns of
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are raised for profit in the areas of Abong-Mbang, Bertoua, and Yokadouma, as well as in the heavy forests south of these areas.
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Though the capital, Bertoua, is a traditional Gbaya settlement, the region is today a melange of several tribes, including the
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School attendance rates are difficult to determine for the East, but are generally higher in the towns than in the villages.
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and the Cameroonian government, a fact that has only further prevented larger numbers of people from settling in the region.
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The region has largely been ignored since independence. One of the few developments of note include the extension of the
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Due to its thick forests and equatorial climate, the East is home to a host of tropical diseases. Chief among these is
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Each of these divisions is further divided into sub-divisions, each headed by a sub-divisional officer or sub-prefect (
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is still largely practiced in the East, as well, and many people ascribe various maladies to the workings of
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or mini-buses run by private groups known as GICs (French acronym meaning "group d'initiative commune").
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are also endemic. In 1997 and 1998, health professionals recorded outbreaks of what may have been the
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and its surroundings on the road that runs south from Abong-Mbang. Further south on this road are the
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live to the south and the west of the Kadey River and have high centres at Batouri and Ndélélé. The
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on the border with the Centre Province, then continues on through the towns of Abong-Mbang,
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is a major source of illness for people in the East. Diseases spread this way include
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north of there. Farmers also raise many other crops in smaller quantities, including
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palm fronds are a common covering, though metal roofing has become more common.
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The vast majority of the inhabitants of the region are
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pushed in from the west to escape pressures from the
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in origin. The second most numerous are the various
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