Bamenda II Council is a Local Authority created by Presidential Decrees No. 2007/115 of 13th April 2007 and No. 2007/117 of 24th April 2007. The Council falls within the Ngemba Ethnic Group, covers the four villages of Mankon, Nsongwa, Chomba and Mbatu, with Headquarters in Mankon and comprises 128 Quarters. Being a Cosmopolitan Municipality, it has migrants from different Regions and countries who have settled in specific quarters of the town. The most important migrant group that stimulated growth and development in the Municipality were the Hausas from Northern Nigeria.

The Council comprises 31 Municipal Councillors; 07 are women and 24 males. The surface area of Bamenda II Council is estimated at 1,482km2, with a projected population of 268,006 persons in 2020. The Bamenda II Council area is delineated by the Bamenda II Sub-division, one of the 7 administrative units (Sub-divisions) of Mezam Division in the North West Region of Cameroon. It lies between Latitudes 5052’52’’ and 604’03’’ North of the Equator and Longitudes 1002’02’’ and 10010’10’’ East of the Greenwich Meridian. This Council area is bordered by 6 Councils viz: Bafut to the North, Bamenda III and Bamenda I Councils to the East, Santa Council to the South, then Bali and Mbengwi Councils to the West ... Read more