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The Six Cantons of Douala: A Guide to Tribal Stratification and Urban Geography

This post maps the internal administrative and territorial organization of the Douala people, cataloguing the six cantons and their constituent villages that now form neighbourhoods within the modern city. It serves as a factual reference for understanding how historical clan and village structures persist within urban space.

Staff· 5 October 2020

First of all, it is important to know that the many of the villages that make up the different strata of the of the Douala tribe have today become big neighbourhoods due to urbanisation.

Today, the Douala people are divided into 6 cantons, and under every canton, are a number of villages.

1) AKWA Canton

It is made up of the following villages.

- Bonaleke - Bonalembe - Bonamouti - Bessengue - Bonangang - Bonadibong - Bonabwandja - Bonabekombo - Bonewonda - Bonabeyike - Bonamikengue - Bonelang - Bonabela Nkon - Bonamouang - Bonangando - Bonebong - Bonejang - Bonamoudourou - Bonamoussadi - Bangue

2) DEIDO Canton

- Bonajinje - Bonatene - Bonamouti - Bonantone - Bonateki

3) BELLE BELLE Canton (Bonaberi)

- Bonendale 1 - Bonendale 2 - Sodiko - Bojongo - Bonamatoumbè - Jebalè 1 - Jebalè 2

4) NJO-NJO Canton

The villages are as follows

- Bonabele - Bonapriso - Bonadoumbe - Bonadouma

5) BASSA Canton

Constituted as follows

- Ndoghem 1 - Ndoghem 2 - Ndogmbe 1 - Ndogmbe 2 - Ndogpassi - Ndokoti - Ndogsimbi - Ngoma -Ngombe - Nyalla - Beedi - Bonadiwotto - Bonanlaka - Kotto - Lendi - Logbaba - Logbessou Logpom - Makepe 1 - Makepe 2 - Malangue

6) BAKOKO CANTON

Is constituted as follows.

- Bwang - Japoma - Mbango - Ngodi

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