Banyo, Cameroon


Banyo is a town and commune in Adamawa Province, Cameroon. It is located at around, and is predominantly Muslim. Though a government prefect serves in the town, the lamido still holds great sway among the population. The current lamido, S. E. Mohaman Gabdo Yahya, has written his own history. The geographer Jean Hurault has published on the demography of the area, and summarized some of the history in his 1955 work. In the nineteenth century, Banyo separated from Koncha and Tibati.

History

Climate

Banyo has a tropical savanna climate with moderate to little rainfall from November to March and moderate to heavy rainfall from April to October.