Galdi, Cameroon

Place in Adamawa, Cameroon

Galdi

Galdi

Coordinates: 7°05′N 13°51′E﻿ / ﻿7.083°N 13.850°E﻿ / 7.083; 13.850
Country| Cameroon
Region| Adamawa
Department| Vina
Population

(2005)[1]

• Total| 1,529

Galdi (also Galde) is a village in the commune of Nyambaka, in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon, in the south-eastern part of the Adamawa Plateau.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Population
* 2 Rock art
* 3 References
* 4 Bibliography
* 5 External links

## Population[edit]

In 1967, Galdi contained 182 inhabitants, mainly Fula people[3]

At the time of the 2005 census, there were 1529 people in the village.[1]

There is a Sunday market in the village.[3]

## Rock art[edit]

A site with rock art has been discovered in the vicinity of the village, with more than 150 motifs, including stylised metal weapons, arrangements of cups, and other unidentified signs.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat (3e RGPH, 2005), Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP), 2010.
2. ^ a b Narcisse Santores Tchandeu, « Découverte d’un site d’art rupestre à Galdi au moyen Cameroun », in Afrique : Archéologie & Arts, No. 5, 2009, p. 1739.
3. ^ a b Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p. 25

## Bibliography[edit]

* Jean Boutrais (ed.), Peuples et cultures de l'Adamaoua (Cameroun) : actes du colloque de Ngaoundéré, du 14 au 16 janvier 1992, ORSTOM, Paris ; Ngaoundéré-Anthropos, 1993, 316 p. ISBN 2-7099-1167-1
* Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, 133 p.
* Narcisse Santores Tchandeu, « Découverte d’un site d’art rupestre à Galdi au moyen Cameroun », in Afrique : Archéologie & Arts, No. 5, 2009, p. 173-179.

## External links[edit]

* Cameroon portal

* Nyambaka, on the website Communes et villes unies du Cameroun (CVUC)